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Subject(s)

• Funj dynasty 1504-1821 [Browse]
• Sudan—History—To 1821 [Browse]

Related name

Holt, P. M. (Peter Malcolm) [Browse]

Series

• Islamic history and civilization ; v. 26. [More in this series]
• Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 26 [More in this series]

Summary note

"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 Sinnar. From the mid-twelfth/eighteenth century an increasingly detailed narrative describes the rule of the Hamaj regents, the conquest by Muhammad 'Ali 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-191) and indexes.

Language note

Translation based on four versions of Arabic text.

Contents

• The Funj Chronicle
• 1. The Funj Kingdom and the Hamaj Regency
• 2. The Turco-Egyptian Regime
• 3. Continuation in MS. Nottingham
• 4. Al-Zubayr w. Dawwah's Recension in MS. Paris
• 5. Conclusion by al-Amin Muhammad al-Darir to Final Recension. App. I. Introductions to the First and Second Recensions of the Funj Chronicle
• A. Al-Zubayr w. Dawwah's Introduction
• B. Ibrahim 'Abd al-Dafi's Introduction. App. II. Funj King-lists and Origin Legends
• A. Promulgation of the Umayyad Pedigree of the Funj c. 1110/1699
• B. A Funj Origin-Legend and King-list
• C. Bruce's King-list
• D. Arkell's King-list
• E. A Funj Origin-Legend in the Mansfield Parkyns Papers, Nottingham. App. III. Materials from the Egyptian Archives
• App. IV. The Mutiny of the Jihadiyya at Kasala in 1281/1865.

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ISBN

9004112561 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98037356

OCLC

264949872

RCP

C - S

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