Title Sultan, caliph and the renewer of the faith : Ahmad Lobbo, the Tarikh al-fattash and the making of an Islamic state in West Africa / Mauro Nobili

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables Series African studies series ; 148 African studies series ; 148. Contents Introduction -- part 1. A nineteenth-century chronicle in support of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi : Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir's Tārīkh al-fattāsh ; A century of scholarship -- The Tārīkh al-fattāsh : a nineteenth-century chronicle -- part 2. A contested space of competing claims : the Middle Niger, 1810s-1840s ; The emergence of clerical rule in the Middle Niger -- Aḥmad Lobbo, Timbuktu, and the Kunta -- Fluctuating diplomacy : Ḥamdallāhi and Sokoto -- part 3. The circulation and reception of the Tārīkh al-fattāsh, 1840s-2010s ; The Tārīkh al-fattāsh at work -- Conclusion Summary The Tārīkh al-fattāsh is one of the most important and celebrated sources for the history of pre-colonial West Africa, yet it has confounded scholars for decades with its inconsistences and questions surrounding its authorship. In this study, Mauro Nobili examines and challenges existing theories on the chronicle, arguing that much of what we have presumed about the work is deeply flawed. Making extensive use of previously unpublished Arabic sources, Nobili demonstrates that the Tārīkh al-fattāsh was in fact written in the nineteenth century by a Fulani scholar, Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir, who modified pre-existing historiographical material as a political project in legitimation of the West African Islamic state known as the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi and its founding leader Aḥmad Lobbo. Contextualizing its production within the broader development of the religious and political landscape of West Africa, this study represents a significant moment in the study of West African history and of the evolution of Arabic historical literature in Timbuktu and its surrounding regions Bibliography Includes lists of figures, maps, tables, acknowledgements, notes on orthography and other conventions (pages xvii-xx), footnotes with bibliographical references in all chapters, and index Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845. Nūḥ ibn al-Ṭāhir, -1857 or 1858. SUBJECT Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845 fast Tārīkh al-fattāsh. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019139353 Tārīkh al-fattāsh fast Subject Fula (African people) -- Kings and rulers -- Historiography Islam and state -- Sudan (Region) -- History -- 19th century Historiography Islam and state SUBJECT Macina (Empire) -- History -- 19th century Hamdallahi (Mali) -- History Inland Niger Delta (Mali) -- History -- 19th century Sudan (Region) -- History -- 19th century Macina (Empire) -- Historiography Sudan (Region) -- Historiography Subject Mali -- Macina (Empire) Mali -- Hamdallahi Mali -- Inland Niger Delta Sudan Region Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108804295 1108804292 9781108858854 1108858856

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