Sebastian R. Prange is Assistant Professor of History at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published on South Indian history, Islamic connections between South and Southeast Asia, the pepper trade, and piracy. His scholarship has been recognized with major awards by the Institute of Historical Research, the International Economic History Association, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.

• Introduction. The first Indian Muslim; 1. The port; 2. The mosque; 3. The palace; 4. The sea; Conclusion. Monsoon Muslims.

'No one can read this insightful monograph without recognizing the Indian Ocean as a major not a minor, a central not a peripheral, theatre of Islamicate civilization. Monsoon Islam deserves, and should attract, a wide readership in Asian history and comparative history but also civilizational studies broadly conceived.' Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University, North Carolina and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Istanbul

Sebastian R. Prange is Assistant Professor of History at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published on South Indian history, Islamic connections between South and Southeast Asia, the pepper trade, and piracy. His scholarship has been recognized with major awards by the Institute of Historical Research, the International Economic History Association, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.

• Introduction. The first Indian Muslim; 1. The port; 2. The mosque; 3. The palace; 4. The sea; Conclusion. Monsoon Muslims.

'No one can read this insightful monograph without recognizing the Indian Ocean as a major not a minor, a central not a peripheral, theatre of Islamicate civilization. Monsoon Islam deserves, and should attract, a wide readership in Asian history and comparative history but also civilizational studies broadly conceived.' Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University, North Carolina and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Istanbul

Sebastian R. Prange is Assistant Professor of History at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published on South Indian history, Islamic connections between South and Southeast Asia, the pepper trade, and piracy. His scholarship has been recognized with major awards by the Institute of Historical Research, the International Economic History Association, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.

• Introduction. The first Indian Muslim; 1. The port; 2. The mosque; 3. The palace; 4. The sea; Conclusion. Monsoon Muslims.

'No one can read this insightful monograph without recognizing the Indian Ocean as a major not a minor, a central not a peripheral, theatre of Islamicate civilization. Monsoon Islam deserves, and should attract, a wide readership in Asian history and comparative history but also civilizational studies broadly conceived.' Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University, North Carolina and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Istanbul