The article reflects on the role of genealogy in the process of H . ad . ramī migration to Indonesia and explores the relation between genealogy and the construction of hierarchy and identity among diaspora H . ad . ramīs. In addition to persons and ideas travelling along genealogical networks from the H . ad . ramawt to Indonesia, the authors examine long-distance flows originating from Middle Eastern centres of Islamic learning, which were used to question a genealogically based social hierarchy. After discussing the flows and movements of the colonial period, our focus advances to the present, as we investigate the consequences of both new and renewed long-distance connections between Indonesia and the H . ad . ramawt.
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