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Title

Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire : Al-Saʻdi's Taʼrikh al-Sudan down to 1613, and other contemporary documents / [translated and edited] by John O. Hunwick.

Author

Saʻdī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1596-1656?

Publication

Boston, Mass. : Brill, 1999.

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Additional Authors

Hunwick, John O.

Description

lxv, 412 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

• The principal text translated in this volume is the Ta'rikh al-sudan of the seventeenth-century Timbuktu scholar 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di.
• Thirty chapters are included, dealing with the history of Timbuktu and Jenne, their scholars, and the political history of the Songhay empire from the reign of Sunni 'Ali (1464-1492) through Moroccan conquest of Songhay in 1591 and down to the year 1613 when the Pashalik of Timbuktu became an autonomous ruling institution in the Middle Niger region. The year 1613 also marked the effective end of Songhay resistance.
• The other contemporary documents included are a new English translation of Leo Africanus's description of West Africa, some letters relating to Sa'dian diplomacy and conquests in the Sahara and Sahel, al-Ifrani's account of Sa'dian conquest of Songhay, and an account of this expedition by an anonymous Spaniard.

Series Statement

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 27

Uniform Title

• Tārīkh al-Sūdān. Selections. English
• Islamic history and civilization ; v. 27.

Alternative Title

Tārīkh al-Sūdān.

Subjects

• Tombouctou (Mali) > History
• Mali (Empire)
• Songhai Empire

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-388) and index.

Contents

• Translator's Introduction. Songhay: an Interpretive Essay -- Ta'rikh al-Sudan. I. The Zuwa Dynasty. II. The Sunni Dynasty. III. Sultan Kankan Musa and Malian Rule over the Middle Niger. IV. Mali and its Provinces. V. Jenne and its History. VI. Scholars and Holymen of Jenne. VII. The History of Timbuktu. VIII. The Tuareg. IX. Scholars and Holymen of Timbuktu. X. Scholars and Holymen of Timbuktu (Ctd.). XI. The Imams of the Great Mosque and the Sankore Mosque. XII. The Reign of Sunni 'Ali. XIII. The Reign of Askiya al-hajj Muhammad. XIV. The Reigns of Askiya Musa and Muhammad Bonkana. XV. The Reign of Askiya Isma'il. XVI. The Reign of Askiya Ishaq I. XVII. The Reign of Askiya Dawud. XVIII. The Reign of Askiya al-Hajj. XIX. The Reign of Askiya Muhammad Bani. XX. The Reign of Askiya Ishaq II. XXI. The Sa'dian Conquest of Songhay: (1) The Arrival of Pasha Jawdar. XXII. The Sa'dian Conquest of Songhay: (2) Songhay Resistance.
• XXIII. Rulers of Jenne during the Arma Administration. Troubles with the Tuareg. XXIV. Pasha Mahmud's Campaigns. Arrest of the Timbuktu Scholars. XXV. Pasha Jawdar's Recall. Jenne under Attack. XXVI. The Sultans of Masina. XXVII. The Administrations of Pasha Sulayman and Pasha Mahmud Lonko. XXVIII. The Sa'dian Dynasty and its Decline. XXIX. The Revolt of al-Sawri against Mulay Zaydan's Successors. XXX. Obituaries and Events of the Years 1591-1613. Other Contemporary Documents. 1. Leo Africanus's Description of the Middle Niger, the Hausa kingdoms, and Bornu. 2. Letters Relating to Sa'dian Diplomacy and Conquests in the Sahara and Sahel. 3. Al-Ifrani's Account of the Sa'dian Conquest of Songhay. 4. An Account of the Sa'dian Conquest of Songhay by an Anonymous Spaniard. App. 1. The Za or Zuwa Dynasty -- App. 2. The Sunni or Sonyi Dynasty -- App. 3. The Askiya Dynasty -- App. 4. Offices and Office-Holders under the Askiyas --
• App. 5. Colophon to Askiya Muhammad Bani's copy of the Risala of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, 1587 -- App. 6. Colophons to volume 17-18 of the Muhkam of Ibn Sidah, 1573-4 -- Map 1. North and West Africa -- Map 2. The Middle Niger in the Sixteenth Century -- Map 3. The Timbuktu Area -- Map 4. The City of Timbuktu -- Genealogical Table 1. The Aqit and Anda Ag-Muhammad Families -- Genealogical Table 2. The Askiyas.

ISBN

9004112073 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98054861

OCLC

ocm40602667

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries