Awdaghost

by Ould Cheikh, Abdel Wedoud

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Awdaghost , first mentioned in late third/ninth-century Arabic sources concerned with West Africa, was a settlement on the fringes of the Saharan Sahel, on the boundary between the nomadic Berber-speaking world and the Bilād al-Sudān. It is attested in various readings, which are uncertain because of the absence of vocalisation and the inconsistent use of diacritical marks, sh being distinguishable from s only by the three dots above the Arabic letter. It is thus rendered as “Ghast” by al-Yaʿqū…

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Awdaghost , first mentioned in late third/ninth-century Arabic sources concerned with West Africa, was a settlement on the fringes of the Saharan Sahel, on the boundary between the nomadic Berber-speaking world and the Bilād al-Sudān. It is attested in various readings, which are uncertain because of the absence of vocalisation and the inconsistent use of diacritical marks, sh being distinguishable from s only by the three dots above the Arabic letter. It is thus rendered as “Ghast” by al-Yaʿqūbī (d. 278/891) and as “Awdaghust” and “

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1184

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eng Islam

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Ould Cheikh, Abdel Wedoud

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