In Darfur : An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two /

In Darfur : an account of the sultanate and its people = تشحيذ الأذهان بسيرة بلاد العرب والسودان /
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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 clo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tūnisī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar (Author)
Other Authors: O'Fahey, R. S. (Rex S.) (writer of foreword.), Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman) (Translator, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Travel > Africa > General.
Travel.
Manners and customs.
Sudan > Darfur.
Darfur (Sudan) > Social life and customs > History.
Darfur (Sudan) > Description and travel.
Darfur (Sudan) > History > 19th century.
Darfur (Sudan) > History > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9781479814220

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