Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'Di's Ta'Rikh Al-Sudan Down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents PDF
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TIMBUKTU AND THE SONGHAY EMPIRE This page intentionally left blank TIMBUKTU AND THE SONGHAY EMPIRE Al-SacdCs ira'rikh al-siidiin down to 1613 and other Contemporar_v Documents BY JOHN 0. HUNWICK BRILL LEIDEN BOSTON 2003 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationD ata Sa'di, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd Allah, 1596-1 656? Farikh al-Sudan. English. Selections] Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire : Al-Sa'di's Ta'rikh al-Sudan down to 16 13, and other contemporary documents / [translated and edited] by John 0. Hunwick p. cm.- Includes bibliographical references @. ) and index ISBN 9004 1 12073 (bound) ISBN 9004 128220 baperback) 1. Mali empire. 2. Tombouclou (Mali)-History. 3. Songhai Empire. I. Hunwick, John 0.1 1. Title. 1II.Serlar. DT532.2.S2 141 3 2003 966.23-dc21 98-5486 1 CIP ISSN 0585-69 14 ISBN 90 04 12560 4 O Copyright 2003 by Koninklike Brill W,h iden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieual system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permissionjom the publisher. Authorization to photocopy itemsf or internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriatef ees are paid directb to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danuers MA 019 23, USA. Fees are subject to change PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS For Basil Davidson, and in memory of Thomas Hodgkin This page intentionally left blank 0 traveller to Gao, turn off to my city. Murmur my name there and greet all my dear ones, With scented salams from an exile who longs For his homeland and neighbours, companions and friends. (Ahmad B2bB of Timbuktu, written in exile in Morocco) The problem of adequate translation is often the most difficult task facing a sociologist. (Bryan S. Turner, Weber and Islam) This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS .. . Abbreviations Xlll Preface xv Dates, References and Conventions XX Translator's Introduction. Songhay: an Interpretive Essay xxii TA3RiKH AL-SUDAN Introduction 1 I The Zuwii Dynasty 3 I1 The Sunni Dynasty 7 I11 Sultan Kankan Miisa and Malian Rule over the 9 Middle Niger IV Mali and its Provinces 13 v Jenne and its History 17 v1 Scholars and Holymen of Jenne 23 v11 The History of Timbuktu 29 v111 The Tuareg 35 IX Scholars and Holymen of Timbuktu 38 X Scholars and Holymen of Timbuktu (Ctd.) 52 XI The Imams of the Great Mosque and the Sankore 8 1 Mosque XI1 The Reign of Sunni 'Ali 9 1 XI11 The Reign of Askiya al-hiijj Muhammad 102 XIV The Reigns of Askiya MUsB and Muhammad 118 Bonkana xv The Reign of Askiya Ismacil 132 XVI The Reign of Askiya Ishaq I 137 XVII The Reign of Askiya D2wUd 144 XVIII The Reign of Askiya al-Hiijj 160 XIX The Reign of Askiya Muhammad Bani 168
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