In Darfur
Subtitle: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume One
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: May 08, 2018
Language: eng; ara
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781479876389
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume One (Library of Arabic Literature)