The T{macr}ar{macr}ikh al-fatt{macr}ash 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 exami…
The Tarikh al-fattash 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…
Acknowledgements --Notes on orthography and other conventions --Introduction --part 1.A nineteenth-century chronicle in support of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi : Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir's Tārīkh al-fattāsh. --A century of scholarship --The Tārīkh al-fattāsh : a nineteenth-century chronic…
"This book is a study of the West African chronicle known as the Tārīkh al-fattāsh (The Chronicle of the Inquisitive Researcher) and its role in advancing a political project, the legitimation of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi (1818-1862), located in what is now the Republic of Mal…
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…