Book/Printed Material The Gift of the Followers of the Path of Muhammad.
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Title
- The Gift of the Followers of the Path of Muhammad.
Summary
- Timbuktu, founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The libraries of Timbuktu contain many important manuscripts, in different styles of Arabic scripts, which were written and copied by Timbuktu's scribes and scholars. These works constitute the city's most famous and long-lasting contribution to Islamic and world civilization. This work is about the Songhai Empire, one of the most important states in West Africa during the 14th and 15th centuries. Muslims lived in significant numbers within the empire's domains. The work examines the history of the empire and discusses important questions of Islamic law that arose within it, including the status and rights of women and children in a Muslim society.
Names
- al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Kuntī al-Kabīr, Sayyid Contributor.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1809.
Headings
- - Mali--Tombouctou
- - 1300 to 1499
- - Arabic calligraphy
- - Arabic manuscripts
- - Islamic law
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Muslim children -- Conduct of life
- - Muslim women -- Social conditions
- - Muslims
- - Songhai Empire
- - Timbuktu manuscripts
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Alternate title: Songhai Empire and Islam"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 319 pages.
- - Original resource at: Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library.
- - Content in Arabic.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667140
Online Format
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