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Arabic Historical Literature from GhadÄmis and Mali
Documents from the 18th to 20th Century
Series: - Islam in Africa, Volume: 22
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In this work translations of four texts are provided from GhadÄmis and from Mali. The first is a biography of the GhadÄmisÄ« scholar Ê¿AbdallÄh b. AbÄ« Bakr al-GhadÄmisÄ« (1626â1719 AD), written by the eighteenth-century author Ibn Muhalhil al-GhadÄmisÄ«. A second text is âThe History of al-SÅ«qâ, concerning al-SÅ«q, the historic town of TÄdmakka and the original home of the Kel-Essouk Tuareg. The third text is âThe Precious Jewel in the Saharan histories of the âPeople of the Veilââ by Muḥammad Tawjaw al-SÅ«qÄ« al-ThÄnÄ«, a contemporary Tuareg author. It pertains to the Kel-Essouk and their historical ties with the Maghreb and West Africa. The final text is a description of the Tuareg from the book âGhadÄmis, its features, its images and its sightsâ by BashÄ«r QÄsim YÅ«shaÊ¿, published in Arabic in 2001 AD.
Harry T. Norris (1926 - 2019) was Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of London. Before this he was Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS where he taught classical and modern Arabic from 1952-1995, and an associate Fellow at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.
Acknowledgements
General Introduction
Text 1: TadhkÄ«r al-NÄsÄ« wa-TalyÄ«n al-Qalb al-QÄṣī (The Reminder of the Forgetful and the Softener of the Harsh), by Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. MÅ«sÄ b. Muhalhil al-GhadÄmisÄ«
Text 2: Khabar al-SÅ«q (The history of al-SÅ«q), by Ê¿Abd al-HamÄ«d Ê¿AbdallÄh al-ḤarÄma
Text 3: al-Jawhar al-ThamÄ«n fi AkhbÄr á¹¢aḥrÄʾ al-MulaththamÄ«n (The Precious Jewel in the Saharan Histories of the âPeople of the Veilâ), by Muḥammad Tawjaw al-SÅ«qÄ« al-ThÄnÄ«
Text 4: GhadÄmis, MalÄmiḥ wa-á¹¢uwar (GhadÄmis, Its Features, Its Images and Its Sights), by BashÄ«r QÄsim YÅ«shaÊ¿
Conclusion
Figures
Selected Bibliography
Subjects
Index
General Introduction
Text 1: TadhkÄ«r al-NÄsÄ« wa-TalyÄ«n al-Qalb al-QÄṣī (The Reminder of the Forgetful and the Softener of the Harsh), by Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. MÅ«sÄ b. Muhalhil al-GhadÄmisÄ«
Text 2: Khabar al-SÅ«q (The history of al-SÅ«q), by Ê¿Abd al-HamÄ«d Ê¿AbdallÄh al-ḤarÄma
Text 3: al-Jawhar al-ThamÄ«n fi AkhbÄr á¹¢aḥrÄʾ al-MulaththamÄ«n (The Precious Jewel in the Saharan Histories of the âPeople of the Veilâ), by Muḥammad Tawjaw al-SÅ«qÄ« al-ThÄnÄ«
Text 4: GhadÄmis, MalÄmiḥ wa-á¹¢uwar (GhadÄmis, Its Features, Its Images and Its Sights), by BashÄ«r QÄsim YÅ«shaÊ¿
Conclusion
Figures
Selected Bibliography
Subjects
Index
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