Sultan, caliph and the renewer of the faith : Ahmad Lobbo, the Tarikh al-fattash and the making of an Islamic state in West Africa
The Tārīkh al-fattāsh is one of the most important and celebrated sources for the history of pre-colonial West Africa, yet it has confounded scholars for decades with its inconsistences and questions surrounding its authorship. In this study, Mauro Nobili examines and challenges existing theories on...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2020
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | African studies series
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| Schlagworte: | Fula (African people) Islam and state Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo ; 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845 Nūḥ ibn al-Ṭāhir ; -1857 or 1858 Tārīkh al-fattāsh Fula (African people) ; Kings and rulers ; Historiography Islam and state ; Sudan (Region) ; History ; 19th century Macina ; History ; 19th century Hamdallahi (Mali) ; History Inland Niger Delta (Mali) ; History ; 19th century mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | The Tārīkh al-fattāsh is one of the most important and celebrated sources for the history of pre-colonial West Africa, yet it has confounded scholars for decades with its inconsistences and questions surrounding its authorship. In this study, Mauro Nobili examines and challenges existing theories on the chronicle, arguing that much of what we have presumed about the work is deeply flawed. Making extensive use of previously unpublished Arabic sources, Nobili demonstrates that the Tārīkh al-fattāsh was in fact written in the nineteenth century by a Fulani scholar, Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir, who modified pre-existing historiographical material as a political project in legitimation of the West African Islamic state known as the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi and its founding leader Aḥmad Lobbo. Contextualizing its production within the broader development of the religious and political landscape of West Africa, this study represents a significant moment in the study of West African history and of the evolution of Arabic historical literature in Timbuktu and its surrounding regions. |
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| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2020) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781108804295 1108804292 9781108479509 1108479502 9781108789820 110878982X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108804295 |