o:id
	5399
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/5399
o:resource_template
	Book
o:resource_class
	bibo:Book
dcterms:title
	The Tuaregs: Their Islamic Legacy and its Diffusion in the Sahel
dcterms:subject
	Mali
	Sahel
	Tuareg
	history
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25167
dcterms:date
	1975
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8541
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117312367 Q117312367
	iwac-reference-0000678
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:abstract
	Hitherto studies of the Tuaregs have concentrated on the nomads of the north to the neglect of their southern brethren of Mali and Niger who have contributed most to the spread of Islamic culture and institutions. Their share in the foundation of towns like Timbuctoo, in the transmission of ideas particularly from Mamluk Egypt, their mystic lodges and their scholars played a key role in the penetration of Islam into the remote regions of the Southern Sahara. This is a comprehensive account of the history and spread of Islamic culture through the medium of the sacerdotal 'caste' of the Ineslemen, from the Arab conquests of the 7th century to the golden age of Tuareg scholarship in the 15th and 17th centuries. Tuareg history is brought up to date with an account of their resistance to the French and their present status in Niger after their severe sufferings in the recent Sahelian droughts. By detailed examination of the literary sources, talking and living with Tuareg scholars, the author is able to place the contribution of these devoted adherents of Islam in its true setting. This book is important for Islamists Africanists, Anthropologists and all those who wish to understand the achievements of this unique people.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/540
dcterms:provenance
	Warminster
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1704
bibo:numPages
	234

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