Author: RINKES, D.A.,
Title: Abdoerraoef van Singkel. Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Mystiek op Sumatra en Java. [Original thesis Leyden university].
Description: Heerenveen, [TYP.] Nieuwsblad van Friesland, 1909. Original printed wrappers with cover illustration. Hftitle (verso blank). (x), (1), 144pp., some figures in text, extensive footnotes, genealogy in text, appendices I-II, index, table of contents. Dutch language, including some arabic texts (not transcribed), fundamental research into Mysticism as practiced by local religious Islamic population groups of Sumatra and Java. Still of great importance. Good copy. Rare. (copy a bit dog-eared).

Keywords: research history religion islam singkel sumatra java thesis dissertatie culture heritage colonialism indonesia southeast asia