The Sudan of the three Niles : the Funj chronicle, 910-1288/1504-1871 - Holt, P. M. (Peter Malcolm) (Boston, Mass. : Brill, 1999)
"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.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-191) and indexes.
Translation based on four versions of Arabic text.
Keywords: Funj dynasty, -- 1504-1821.; Sudan -- History -- To 1821.