The Sudan of the Three Niles : : The Funj Chronicle 910-1288/1504-1871 / / P.M. Holt.
This work is an annotated translation of the Funj Chronicle, the only full-length Arabic account of the Nilotic Sudan from 910/1504-5 to 1288/1871, produced by a succession of nineteenth-century Sudanese writers. The earlier part is based on a king-list of the Funj dynasty of Sinnār. From the mid-tw...
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Superior document: | Islamic History and Civilization ; 26 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1999. |
Year of Publication: | 1999 |
Language: | English Arabic |
Series: | Islamic History and Civilization ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Other title: | The Funj Chronicle 910-1288/1504-1871 |
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Summary: | This work is an annotated translation of the Funj Chronicle, the only full-length Arabic account of the Nilotic Sudan from 910/1504-5 to 1288/1871, produced by a succession of nineteenth-century Sudanese writers. The earlier part is based on a king-list of the Funj dynasty of Sinnār. From the mid-twelfth/eighteenth century an increasingly detailed narrative describes the rule of Hamaj regents, the conquest by Muḥammad 'Alī Pasha's forces and the first half-century of Turco-Egyptian government. The translator's Introduction discusses the textual history, structure and authorship of the Chronicle, while four Appendixes provide supplementary materials. This is a major source for Sudanese history, to which non-readers of Arabic have previously had access only through the summary translation in Harold MacMichael's History of the Arabs in the Sudan (Cambridge, 1992). |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004492062 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | P.M. Holt. |