An Embassy from the Sultan of Darfur to the Sublime Porte in 1791

This article presents documents relating to the embassy sent by Sultan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān of Darfur to the Ottoman Sultan Selim III in 1791. These include an original Arabic letter which is an unusually early surviving example of sultanic correspondence from the Sahel. The documents permit a new interpr...

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Main Author: Peacock, A. C. S. 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Islamic Africa
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-91
Further subjects:B Arabic
B Sudan
B Diplomatics
B Correspondence
B Darfur
B Ottoman Empire
B Sahel
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