Islam translated :

Ricci, Ronit.

Islam translated : literature, conversion, and the Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia / Ronit Ricci. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - xvi, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-298) and index.

Arabic cosmopolis? -- Translation -- On "translation" and its untranslatability -- The Book of Samud: a Javanese literary tradition -- The Ayira Macala: Tamil questions and marvels -- Seribu Masalah: the Malay Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conversion -- Cosmopolitan in translation: Arabic's distant travels -- Conversion to Islam and the Book of One Thousand Questions -- A Jew on Java, a model Malay rabbi, and a Tamil Torah scholar -- The Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia.

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