The Timbuktu chronicles, 1493-1599
Subtitle: English translation of the original works in Arabic by Al Hajj Mahmud Kati in Ta'rikh al fattash
By: edited by Christopher Wise ; translated by Christopher Wise and Hala Abu Taleb
Contributors: Wise, Christopher, 1961-; Abu Taleb, Hala, 1979-
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781592218097; 9781592218103
Subjects: Kings and rulers; History
Work titles: Taʼrīkh al-fattāsh
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the Ta'rikh al-fattash: Timbuktu, Gao, and the Songhay Dynasty of the Askiyas / by Christopher Wise; title: Introduction (1913-1914) / by Octave Houdas & Maurice Delafosse; title: Invocation; title: Doxology; title: Preface; title: Principle features of the life and reign of the Askiya Al-Hajj Muhammad; title: Kankan-Musa and the Empire of Malli; title: The Kingdom of Kaniaga or Kingdom of Diara; title: The Empire of the Kayamaga; title: History of the kings of the Songhay from the dynasty of the Shi's, especially of Shi Ali; title: Biography of the Askiya Muhammad; title: The reign of the Askiya Musa; title: The reign of the Askiya Muhammad-Bonkana; title: The reign of the Askiya Isma'il; title: The reign of the Askiya Ishaq; title: The reign of the Askiya Dawad; title: The Askiya al-Hajj and the Qadi of Timbuktu al-'Aqib; title: The Askiya Muhammad-Bani; title: The Askiya Ishaq II; title: The Askiya Muhammad-Gao and the fall of the Kingdom of Gao; title: The Moroccan Pashas of Timbuktu and Nuh, the Askiya of Dendi.