Ayutthaya's Seventeenth-century Shi‘ite Muslim Enclave
A Reassessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13014603 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher M Joll (0000-0002-7678-8784, Chulalongkorn University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 110-128 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TRaNS Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2051-364X • E-ISSN: 2051-3658 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/trn.2023.8 |
| OpenAlex | W4386372316 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The primary purpose of this article is to reconstruct the date, location, and significance of Ayutthaya's Shi‘ite enclave within the former Siamese capital during the seventeenth century. This reassessment is based on a mixture of Persian, Thai, and European sources that clarify the confused picture generated by European cartographers that has for too long cast a shadow over Muslim studies in Thailand. Following a summary of extant explanations and a description of my primary sources and methodological approach, I summarise two aspects of Muslim presence in Ayutthaya. First, I introduce readers to connections between the incremental growth of the Muslim presence in Ayutthaya during the sixteenth century with geopolitical developments on the eastern littoral of the Bay of Bengal. Second, I present the range of accounts provided in primary sources specifically mentioning Ayutthaya's Muslim enclave. Having orientated readers to the origins of the Muslim presence within Ayutthaya's citadel, I incrementally introduce annotated portions of Thai and European maps. These clarify confusion about where and when this Shi‘ite mosque was constructed. I conclude with comments about how this reassessment brings into focus the presence of Shi‘ite ‘alid piety, Shi‘ite polemics about local Sunnis, Siamese conversion to Shi‘ism, and distinctions between these “Moors” and “Malays.”
Ancient history · Archaeology · Confusion · Extant taxon · Geopolitics · Islam · Piety · Political science · Shadow (psychology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Shi'ism In South East Asia
Tok Takia's Legacy in Ayutthaya, Thailand
Islam Across the Indian Ocean to 1500 CE
Islamic Legitimacy in a Plural Asia
A History of Ayutthaya
The Shi’ite Muslims in Thailand from Ayutthaya Period to the Present
Muslim Communities During the Ayutthaya Period
Kling Muslims in Sixteenth-Century Ayutthaya
Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi and Safavid Shi‘ism
What the Tamils Said
Selected Historical Facets of the Presence of Shi‘ism in Southeast Asia
The Tabarra'iyan and the Early Safavids
Dutch East India Company Merchants at the Court of Ayutthaya
Kaempfer and Thai history
The Iranian-Siamese Connection
Ritual cursing as an oath of submission
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |