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In this biography Nico J.G. Kaptein studies the life and times of Sayyid ʿUthman (1822-1914), the most prominent Muslim scholar of his era in the Netherlands East Indies. During his long career, he provided guidance to the Muslim community and from 1889 onwards simultaneously served the colonial government as advisor for Muslim affairs after the famous C. Snouck Hurgronje had engaged him. Based on an analysis of his writings, Kaptein focuses on the question of how Sayyid ʿUthman viewed the place of Islam in the colonial state and the many reactions this provoked, both nationally and...

This study deals with Arab immigrants to Southeast Asia and their descendants. Ten essays from the perspectivesof history, sociology, anthropology, and Islamic studies discuss the interrelationships within the various Arab communities, as well as between these communities and society at large, in the fields of politics, trade, and Islam.