{"product_id":"sultan-caliph-and-the-renewer-mauro-nobili-9781108479509","title":"Sultan, Caliph, and the Renewer of the Faith: A\u0026#7717;mad Lobbo, the T\u0026#257;r\u0026#299;kh Al-Fatt\u0026#257;sh and the Making of an Islamic State in West Afric","description":"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 Making extensive use of previously unpublished Arabic sources, Nobili demonstrates that the Tārīkh al-fattāsh was in fact written in the nineteenth century by a Fulani scholar, Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir, who modified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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mauro Nobili\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108479502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108479509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Mauro Nobili","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978256580863,"sku":"9781108479509","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0038b7ed-c021-4b4e-ae5f-a257c402d935.jpg?v=1683240599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sultan-caliph-and-the-renewer-mauro-nobili-9781108479509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}