{"product_id":"timbuktu-and-the-songhay-empire-al-sad-299-s-tar-299-kh-al-s-363-d-257-n-down-to-1613-and-other-contemporary-documents-paperback","title":"Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'd\u0026#299;'s Ta'r\u0026#299;kh Al-S\u0026#363;d\u0026#257;n Down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunwick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe principal text translated in this volume is the \u003ci\u003eTa'rīkh Al-sūdān\u003c\/i\u003e of the seventeenth-century Timbuktu scholar 'Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sa'dī. Thirty chapters are included, dealing with the history of Timbuktu and Jenne, their scholars, and the political history of the Songhay empire from the reign of Sunni 'Alī (1464-1492) through Moroccan conquest of Songhay in 1591 and down to the year 1613 when the Pashalik of Timbuktu became an autonomous ruling institution in the Middle Niger region. The year 1613 also marked the effective end of Songhay resistance. The other contemporary documents included are a new English translation of Leo Africanus's description of West Africa, some letters relating to Sa'dīan diplomacy and conquests in the Sahara and Sahel, al-Ifrānī's account of Sa'dīan conquest of Songhay, and an account of this expedition by an anonymous Spaniard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis publication has also been published in hardback, please \u003cb\u003eclick here\u003c\/b\u003e for details.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hunwick\u003c\/b\u003e, is Professor of History and Religions, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa at Northwestern University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eShar'īa in Songhay\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 1985) and \u003ci\u003eArabic Literature of Africa, Vol. II \u0026amp; IV\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton, 2002)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Book won the Text Prize Award of the U.S. African Studies Association in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9.44 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71315653722365,"sku":"9789004128224","price":127.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ktFNzv14UA9789004128224.webp?v=1789581181","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/timbuktu-and-the-songhay-empire-al-sad-299-s-tar-299-kh-al-s-363-d-257-n-down-to-1613-and-other-contemporary-documents-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}