The Sudan of the three Niles: the Funj chronicle 910-1288/1504-1871

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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Published in:Islamic history and civilization
Subtitles:The Funj chronicle
The Funj chronicle 1504 - 1871
The Funj chronicle 1504-1871
The Funj chronicle 910 - 1288
The Funj chronicle 910 - 1288/1504 - 1871
The Funj chronicle 910-1288
The Funj chronicle 910-1288/1504-1871
Contributors: Holt, P. M. 1918-2006 (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 1999
In: Islamic history and civilization (26)
Series/Journal:Islamic history and civilization 26
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sudan / History 1504-1871
Further subjects:B Spring 1504-1871
B Sudan History To 1821
B Funj dynasty (1504-1821)
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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)
Item Description:Translation based on four versions of Arabic text
Literaturverz. S. [190] - 191
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ISBN:9004112561