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The conquest of Abyssinia : 16th century / by Šihāb ad-Dīn Aḥmad bin Àbd al-Qāder bin Sālem bin Ùt̲mān, also known as Àrab Faqīh ; translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse ; with annotations by Richard Pankhurst = Futūh al-Ḥabaša.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- ʻArabfaqīh, Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir, active 16th century.
- Standardized Title:
- Tuḥfat al-zaman. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethiopia--History--1490-1889.
- Ethiopia.
- History.
- Lebna-Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia, active 1508-1540.
- Lebna-Dengel.
- Somalia--History.
- Somalia.
- Physical Description:
- 417 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Futūḥ al-Ḥabaša
- Place of Publication:
- Hollywood, CA : Tsehai Publishers & Distributors, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Translated from Arabic.
- Summary:
- The author's eyewitness account of the early 16th century Jihad, or holy war, in Ethiopia makes a major contribution to the knowledge of a crucially important period in the history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-392) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kenneth H. and Thelma F. Cisney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0972317260
- 9780972317269
- 0972317252
- 9780972317252
- OCLC:
- 57236304
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