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Author Mohamed, Mohamed Hassan, 1959-

Title Between Caravan and Sultan : the Bayruk of Southern Morocco : a study in history and identity / by Mohamed Hassan Mohamed
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (378 pages)
Series Studies in the history and society of the Maghrib ; v. 1
Studies in the history and society of the Maghrib ; v. 1.
Contents Preface And Acknowledgements; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; GLOSsaRY; Maps; INTRODUCTION: THE BAYRUK AND THE ACADEMY; Casualties of Translation; Scope: Sources and Outline of Chapters; historY, identity and textuality; History: Dynasty, Caravan and Qabila; Identity: Primordialist and Discursive Paradigms; Textuality: Modern Tribe, Postmodern Qabila; ANTIQUE SPACE, upstart QABILA; Subaltern Voices: Takna Narratives; Lure of Antiquity: Ethnography; From Moor to Tribe: Travelogue; For Caravan and Sultan: Biographies; "Taught by the Pen": Prelude to Takna?; "In the Company of the Sultan": Suturing
A FUTURISTC PAST: ARCHEOLOGY OF THE BAYRUKColonial Ethnography, Pre-colonial History; Speaking for Ancestry: The Bayruk Narrative; Tuwat: Space, History and Identity; Merits of Silence, Perils of Revelation; Becoming Takna: Spatiality and Textuality; CARAVAN OF THE BAYRUK; In the Shadow of the Caravan; Caravan of the Author: Metaphors of Power; Rites of "Holy Cause": Caravan of Slaves; Caravan of the Bayruk: Gum and Khunt; SPOILS OF WAR, Bounties OF Trade; Creatures of the Dynasty; Benevolent Displacement: Ubaydallah "the Fugitive"; Adjutants of Sultans: Haha Qaid, Susian Trader
Avid Trader, Reluctant Warrior: Shaykh BayrukPassage to Europe: 'Legitimate' Trade, Forbidden Markets; End of an Era: Wealth in Politics?; Conclusion: Casualties of Translation, Fetters of Textuality; Bibliography; Index
Summary Using an ensemble of sources and current concepts, this book proposes new ways of conceiving the place of the caravan and the dynasty in Maghribian historical experiences and modes of identification
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Bayruk family.
SUBJECT Bayruk family fast
Subject Group identity -- Morocco
Caravans -- Morocco -- History
Slave trade -- Morocco -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Caravans
Civilization
Commerce
Ethnic relations
Group identity
Slave trade
SUBJECT Morocco -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006006412
Morocco -- Ethnic relations
Morocco -- Commerce -- History
Subject Morocco
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011042138
ISBN 9789004183827
9004183825
1280495936
9781280495939
9786613591166
6613591165