The Kokani Muslims: Mausim's Children

The Kokani Muslims: Mausim’s Children fills a void: that of the unexplored world of a littoral community, the Kokani Muslims. A multiracial, multi-ethnic community, their story begins 1,300 years ago when Arab and Persian merchants riding the mausim (monsoon) came to the Konkan to trade and returned with the onset of the reverse monsoon winds. Welcomed by the rulers of the region, the traders were permitted to settle and they lived in peaceful coexistence with the locals. Facing persecution...