Teachers, Scholars and Educationists: The Impact of Hadrami-'Alawi Teachers and Teachings on Islamic Education in Zanzibar ca. 1870–1930

Abstract

Hadrami scholars have long been recognized as well as been influential teachers of East African Islam, especially in the late 18th and early 19th century. is article traces the role of Hadrami teachers and scholars on Islamic education in Zanzibar between c. 1870 and 1930. The article analyses different levels of Islamic education and traces the texts and teachers who came to influence generations of Muslims in the British-Bū Saīdī protectorate.