| Description |
1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations |
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Islamic civilization and Muslim networks |
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Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
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| Contents |
A land lost -- A life unread -- Sermons unheard -- A Muslim in church -- The treachery of the experts -- Appendix. Omar's ʻAjamī English: American Words and Names in Arabic Script |
| Summary |
"This work centers on the life and writing of Omar Ibn Said, born in 1770 in a border region between Senegal and Mauritania that played a significant role in Islamic nations. Omar studied for 25 years at an Islamic seminary and was poised to become a leader in the faith, but after being captured by an invading army, he fell into the hands of transatlantic slave traders. He was sold to a plantation owner near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1808. What we know of Omar's life comes largely from a series of brief autobiographical writings and transcriptions, comprising the only known narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in North America. In this book, Mbaye Lo and Carl Ernst weave fresh and accurate translations of Omar's writing together with context and interpretation to provide the fullest possible account of this West African Islamic scholar's life and significance"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Mbaye Lo is associate professor of the practice of Asian and Middle Eastern studies and international comparative studies at Duke University. Carl W. Ernst is William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Chiefly in English; includes some translation from the Arabic |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2024) |
| Subject |
Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863.
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| SUBJECT |
Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863 fast |
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Enslaved Muslims -- North Carolina -- Biography
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Muslim scholars -- Africa, West -- Biography
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Enslaved persons -- America -- Biography
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Slave narratives.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
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Muslim scholars
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West Africa
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North Carolina
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ernst, Carl W., 1950- author.
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Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863.
Works. Selections. English
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| ISBN |
9781469674698 |
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1469674696 |
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9798890863539 |
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