Failed Islamic States in Senegambia

David Robinson

Justification for the Struggle Against the Brothers

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The Reign Of Ahmad Al-Kabir
Creator: An, Seydu
Description: A response by Al-Hajj Seydu An, an experienced Islamic scholar, to questions posed by Ahmad al-Kabir about justifications to put down the rebellion of his brothers Habib and Mokhtar. The document was written in 1869 or 1870, just before Ahmad left Segu to put down the rebellion.
Date: 1870
Date Range: 1870-1879
Location: Segu, Mali
Format: Text/pdf
Language: Arabic
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Contributing Institution: David Robinson; MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University
Digitizer: MATRIX
Source: From the Umarian library, now housed at the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris. BNP (Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris), MO (Manuscrits Orientaux), FA (Fonds Arabe), vol 5561, ff. 66-69. A copy of the Arabic text and the English translation can be found in John Hanson and David Robinson, eds. and trans., After the Jihad: the Reign of Ahmad al-Kabir in the Western Sudan. Michigan State University Press, 1991. Pages 131-42, 332-38.