The Sudan of the three Niles
Subtitle: the Funj chronicle, 910-1288/1504-1871
By: [translated] by P.M. Holt.
Contributors: Holt, P. M.
Series: Islamic history and civilization.; v. 26
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Funj dynasty, 1504-1821.; Sudan -- History -- To 1821.
Other titles: Funj chronicle, 910-1288/1504-1871
Description: "This work is an annotated translation of the Funj Chronicle, the only full-length Arabic account of the Nilotic Sudan from 910/1504-5 to 1288/1871, produced by a succession of nineteenth-century Sudanese writers." "The earlier part is based on a king-list of the Funj dynasty of Sinnar. From the mid-twelfth/eighteenth century an increasingly detailed narrative describes the rule of the Hamaj regents, the conquest by Muhammad 'Ali Pasha's forces and the first half-century of Turco-Egyptian government. The translator's Introduction discusses the textual history, structure and authorship of the Chronicle, while four Appendixes provide supplementary materials."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Translation based on four versions of Arabic text.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-191) and indexes.