In Darfur: an account of the sultanate and its people

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...

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1. Verfasser: Tūnisī, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿUmar at- 1789-1857 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Davies, Humphrey 1947-2021 (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Arabic
Veröffentlicht: New York New York University Press [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Library of Arabic literature
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:2 volumes
ISBN:9781479876389

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