Ayutthaya's Seventeenth-century Shi‘ite Muslim Enclave: A Reassessment

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Christopher M. Joll
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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.”
大城府17世纪的什叶派穆斯林飞地:重新评估
本文的主要目的是重建大城府在17世纪前暹罗首都的什叶派飞地的日期、地点和意义。这一重新评估是基于波斯、泰国和欧洲资料的混合,澄清了欧洲制图师产生的混乱局面,这些局面长期以来给泰国的穆斯林研究蒙上了阴影。在总结现有的解释和描述我的主要来源和方法方法之后,我总结了穆斯林在大城府存在的两个方面。首先,我向读者介绍了16世纪大城府穆斯林人数的增长与孟加拉湾东岸地缘政治发展之间的联系。其次,我列出了主要资料来源提供的一系列具体提到大城府穆斯林聚居地的记述。在向读者介绍了穆斯林在大城府城堡的起源之后,我逐渐介绍了泰国和欧洲地图的注释部分。这些资料澄清了有关这座什叶派清真寺建于何时何地的困惑。最后,我评论了这一重新评估是如何将什叶派虔诚的存在、什叶派对当地逊尼派的争论、暹罗人对什叶派的皈依以及这些“摩尔人”和“马来人”之间的区别集中起来的。
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期刊介绍: TRaNS approaches the study of Southeast Asia by looking at the region as a place that is defined by its diverse and rapidly-changing social context, and as a place that challenges scholars to move beyond conventional ideas of borders and boundedness. TRaNS invites studies of broadly defined trans-national, trans-regional and comparative perspectives. Case studies spanning more than two countries of Southeast Asia and its neighbouring countries/regions are particularly welcomed.
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