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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tūnisī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, author.

Contributor:

Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman), translator, editor.

O'Fahey, R. S. (Rex S.), writer of foreword.

Series:

Library of Arabic literature

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Darfur (Sudan)--History--18th century.

Darfur (Sudan).

Darfur (Sudan)--History--19th century.

Darfur (Sudan)--Description and travel.

Travel.

Sudan--Darfur.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In parallel English and Arabic.

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.

Contents:

Volume One

Volume Two.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Tūnisī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar. Tashḥīdh al-adhhān bi-sīrat bilād al-ʻArab wa-al-Sūdān.

Tūnisī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar. Tashḥīdh al-adhhān bi-sīrat bilād al-ʻArab wa-al-Sūdān. English

Other Format:

Online version: Tūnisī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar. In Darfur.

ISBN:

9781479876389

1479876380

9781479867844

1479867845

OCLC:

1004636148