Sahara and Sudan IV : Wadai and Darfur / Gustav Nachtigal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nachtigal, Gustav, 1834-1885, author.

Series:

Sahara and Sudan ; Vol. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nachtigal, Gustav, 1834-1885.

Nachtigal, Gustav.

Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 p.) : 1 frontisp., 3 illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1971]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

TRANSLATORS' INTRODUCTION

EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION

I. The Winter of 1872—1873 in Kuka (September 1872 to March 1, 1873)

II. Journey to Wadai (March 1 to April 6, 1873)

III. Arrival in Abeshr. King Ali (April to May 20, 1873)

IV. Stay in Abeshr (May 21 to July 31, 1873)

V. Journey to Runga (July and August, 1873)

VI. Journey to Runga, continued (August 25 to October 1, 1873)

VII. Second stay in Abeshr (October 1873 to January 11, 1874)

VIII. Country and People

IX. Government, the Life of the People, Commerce

X. The History of Wadai

I. Journey to Darfur (January 11 to March 8, 1874)

II. Stay in el-Fasher (March 9 to May, 1874)

III. The History of Darfur

IV. The History of Darfur, continued

V. Organisation of the Fur State

VI. Inhabitants and Products of the Soil of Darfur

VII. Further Stay in El-Fasher (May to July 1, 1874)

VIII. Journey from El-Fasher to El-Obeid (July 2 to August 10, 1874)

Permit issued by the government of Sultan Ibrahim of Darfur

Letter of introduction from Shaykh Umar of Bornu to Sultan Muhammad Ali of Wadai

APPENDIX. Darfur and Wadai since Nachtigal's Visit

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520329133

0520329139

OCLC:

1163877942