{"product_id":"the-chronicles-of-two-west-mauro-nobili-9781836245698","title":"The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms: The T\u0026#257;r\u0026#299;kh Ibn Al-Mukht\u0026#257;r of the Songhay Empire and the T\u0026#257;r\u0026#299;kh Al-Fatt\u0026#257;sh o","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms presents a new reading of West African history from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Based on close analysis of Arabic manuscripts from Timbuktu and other regions, this volume provides key historical context from the Songhay Empire through the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi, along with translations and Arabic editions of the long-obscured Tārīkh Ibn al-Mukhtār in parallel with the later production known as the Tārīkh al-fattāsh. The central observation that emerges from these texts is that Muslim scholars in premodern West Africa, who saw themselves as constitutive to the powerful kingdoms in the Western Sudan, claimed almost unprecedented authority to shape reality through narration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mauro Nobili\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836245696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836245698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Academy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d","brand":"Mauro Nobili","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47452463300863,"sku":"9781836245698","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a6dcf85-89f8-4f80-8bd8-05f13f377907.jpg?v=1761928597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chronicles-of-two-west-mauro-nobili-9781836245698","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}