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Author:

Tunisi, MuhĐammad ibn Umar, author.

Title:

In Darfur : an account of the sultanate and its people / MuhĐammad ibn 'Umar al-Tunisi ; edited and translated by Humphrey Davies ; foreword by R. S. O'Fahey.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Darfur (Sudan)--History--18th century.
Darfur (Sudan)--History--19th century.
Darfur (Sudan)--Description and travel.
Travel.
Sudan--Darfur.
1700-1899
History.

Other Authors:

Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman), editor. editor.
Tunisi, MuhĐammad ibn Umar. TashhĐidh al-adhhan bi-sirat bilad al-Arab wa-al-Sudan.
Tunisi, MuhĐammad ibn Umar. TashhĐidh al-adhhan bi-sirat bilad al-Arab wa-al-Sudan. English.
O'Fahey, R. S., writer of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Volume One -- Volume Two.

Summary:

In Volume One, al-Tunisi relates the history of his much-traveled family, his journey from Egypt to Darfur, and the reign of the noted sultan 'Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid. In Volume Two al-Tunisi describes the geography of the region, the customs of Darfur’s petty kings, court life and the clothing of its rulers, marriage customs, eunuchs, illnesses, food, hunting, animals, currencies, plants, magic, divination, and dances. In Darfur combines literature, history, ethnography, linguistics, and travel adventure, and most unusually for its time, includes fifty-two illustrations, all drawn by the author.

Series:

Library of Arabic literature

ISBN:

1479867845
9781479867844
1479876380
9781479876389

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1004636148

LCCN:

2017045322

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)