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Author:

Spaulding, Jay

Title:

The heroic age in Sinn♯r / Jay Spaulding.

Edition:

1st Red Sea Press ed.

Publisher:

Red Sea Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

317 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Sinn♯r (Sudan : State)--History.
Sudan--History--To 1821

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-303) and index.

Contents:

Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The king of the Nubian Muslims -- The king of the Nubian Muslims -- The court -- The Funj -- The nobility -- The bureaucracy -- The subjects -- Exchange -- "Kings of sun and shadow" -- Part Two. The principles of the Arabs -- The principles of the Arabs -- The enclaves -- The warlords -- The hamaj -- The family incorporated -- Vampires of the borderlands -- Part Three. To the fire -- To the fire -- The days of Muhammad abu Likaylik -- The days of king 'Adlan -- The regency, 1785-1803 -- The sundering of the tribes -- The days of Lord Tayfara -- The man on horseback -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9781569022603 (pbk.)
1569022607 (pbk.)
9781569022597 (hardcover)
1569022593 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70063050

LCCN:

2006019294

Locations:

USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (University of Iowa) (Iowa City)