ISBN:
978-1-55876-304-3
,
1-55876-304-X
,
978-1-55876-305-0
,
1-55876-305-8
Language:
English
Pages:
xxxv, 126 Seiten
Edition:
Third printing 2011
Keywords:
Westafrika Mali
;
Ghana
;
Sudan
;
Sahara
;
Nubien
;
Bornu (NO-Nigeria)
;
Geschichte
;
Reisebericht
;
Araber, Afrika
;
Bekleidung
;
Eßgewohnheit
;
Pflanzennutzung
;
Wallfahrt
;
Gold
;
Sklavenhandel
Abstract:
Kingdoms arose during the early centuries of the Common Era across a wide region of West Africa. A rich source of information about West Africa is available in the Arabic sources written by geographers and chroniclers in the Muslim world between the 8th and the 15th centuries. In this volume are the actual primary sources upon which much modern knowledge about the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Kanem-Borno and their neighbors depends. Here is the story of the conversion of the western Sudan to Islam, as well as accounts of the famous medieval gold trade, testimonies about the pilgrimage of Mansa Musa, and insightful introductions to many other less familiar personalities, activities and events.
Description / Table of Contents:
Al-Yaqubi -- Ibn Hawqal -- Al-Muhallabi -- Al-Bakri -- Al-Zuhri -- Al-Idrisi -- Al-Sarakhsi -- Yaqut -- Ibn Said -- Ibn al-Khatib -- Al-Umari -- Ibn Battuta -- Ibn Khaldun -- Al-Qalqashandi -- Al-Khabar an ajnas al-Sudan, attributed to al-Maqrizi -- Al-Maqqari -- Ibn al-Dawadari -- Ibn Kathir -- Al-Maqrizi -- Ibn Hajar al-Asqlani -- Ibn Taghri Birdi -- Ibn Iyas
Note:
"Comprehensive collection of these sources: N. Levtzion and J.F.P. Hopkins, eds, Corpus of early Arabic sources for West African history."
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