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The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms presents a new reading of West African history from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Based on close analysis of Arabic manuscripts from Timbuktu and other regions, this volume provides key historical context from the Songhay Empire through the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi, along with translations and Arabic editions of the long-obscured Tārīkh Ibn al-Mukhtār in parallel with the later production known as the Tārīkh al-fattāsh. The central observation that emerges from these texts is that Muslim scholars in premodern West Africa, who saw themselves as constitutive to the powerful kingdoms in the Western Sudan, claimed almost unprecedented authority to shape reality through narration.
Contents
Acknowledgements Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction (Mauro Nobili) - Section 1.1 Historiographical Overview, 1896-2020 - Section 1.2 The New Edition
PART I Essays
Chapter 2 Muslim Scholars, Political Elites, and Social Complexities In Songhay: Historical Reflections from the Tārīkh Ibn Al-Mukhtār (Zachary Wright and Mauro Nobili) - Section 2.1 Background to the Political History of the Middle Niger from the Eighth to the Sixteenth Centuries CE - Section 2.2 Ibn al-Mukhtār Qunbili as Author - Section 2.3 The Tārīkh Ibn al-Mukhtār and Tārīkh al-Sūdān: Textual Considerations - Section 2.4 Scholars and Sultans - Section 2.5 Other Political and Social Considerations - Section 2.6 Race, Ethnic Identities, and Religious Difference - Section 2.7 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Religion, Politics, nd Socio-Economic Engineering in the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi: The Tārīkh Al-Fattāsh in Context (Mauro Nobili) - Section 3.1 The Middle Niger from the Fall of the Songhay Empire to the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi - Section 3.2 The Author of the Chronicle: Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir, His Goals, and His Method - Section 3.3 Enhancing the Legitimacy of Ḥamdallāhi - Section 3.4 Vassals and Slaves - Section 3.5 The Ascription to Maḥmūd Kaʿti - Section 3.5 Conclusion
PART II The Texts
Chapter 4 A Note on the English Translation and the Arabic Edition (Mauro Nobili, Zachary Wright and Ali Diakite)
Chapter 5 The English Translation - Tārīkh Ibn al-Mukhtār (Zachary Wright and Mauro Nobili) - Tārīkh al-Fattāsh (Mauro Nobili and Zachary Wright)
Chapter 6 The Arabic Edition (Ali Diakite and Mauro Nobili) - Addendum 1 - Addendum 2
Maps Bibliography Index
