Holy city on the Nile
Subtitle: Omdurman during the Mahdiyya, 1885-1898
By: Robert S. Kramer
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558765153; 9781558765160
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Towns in the Sudan; title: The creation of a city; title: The rise of Omdurman; title: The peopling of the city; title: The population of Omdurman; title: Governing the Mahdhi's city; title: Authorities and structures; title: The Khalifa, Yahqüb and the Anssar; title: Institutions and Omdurman society; title: Issues of health and safety; title: The Mahdist social order and Omdurman; title: Towards an ideal society; title: The Khalifa between ideal and reality; title: The Bayt al-Mal and the social order; title: Social relations in the Mahdhi's city; title: Settlement patterns; title: Economic activities; title: The integration of the elite; title: A society in transition; title: The Omdurman experience.