Doubt, scholarship and society in 17th century central Sudanic Africa /
Dalen, Dorrit van,
Doubt, scholarship and society in 17th century central Sudanic Africa / by Dorrit van Dalen. - 1 online resource (329 pages) - Islam in africa ; volume 20 . - Islam in Africa ; v. 20. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
One man in his environment -- Coordinates -- Intellectual history and philology -- Peripheries -- Sources and structure -- Dramatis loci -- A history of Bornu and Baghirmi as Islamic states -- The spread of Islam -- Ethnicity, religion, slavery -- Islam and traditional religions -- Conclusion -- Muhammad al-Wali -- Biography -- Works -- Reputation -- Education -- Conclusion -- The scholar's habitat -- Scholarship -- Religious leadership -- Intellectual environment: genres -- Intellectual environment: themes -- Conclusion -- Method and message -- Al-Sanusi's Sughra -- The kabbe -- Between oral and scholarly text -- Tradition with a twist -- Conclusion -- Demonising smokers -- How tobacco conquered the Islamic lands -- Al-Wali's point of view -- A folktale about the devil's piss -- From Abgar to al-Azhar -- Conclusion -- On writing -- Author and authority -- Why did al-Wali translate the Fulani commentary? -- From orality to literacy -- Knowing and the knower.
9789004324480 (e-book)
Wali, Muhammad al-Wali ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Muhammad, active 1688.
Muslim scholars--Sudan--Biography.
Sudan--Intellectual life--17th century.
Electronic books.
BP80.W258 / D35 2016
297.092 B
Doubt, scholarship and society in 17th century central Sudanic Africa / by Dorrit van Dalen. - 1 online resource (329 pages) - Islam in africa ; volume 20 . - Islam in Africa ; v. 20. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
One man in his environment -- Coordinates -- Intellectual history and philology -- Peripheries -- Sources and structure -- Dramatis loci -- A history of Bornu and Baghirmi as Islamic states -- The spread of Islam -- Ethnicity, religion, slavery -- Islam and traditional religions -- Conclusion -- Muhammad al-Wali -- Biography -- Works -- Reputation -- Education -- Conclusion -- The scholar's habitat -- Scholarship -- Religious leadership -- Intellectual environment: genres -- Intellectual environment: themes -- Conclusion -- Method and message -- Al-Sanusi's Sughra -- The kabbe -- Between oral and scholarly text -- Tradition with a twist -- Conclusion -- Demonising smokers -- How tobacco conquered the Islamic lands -- Al-Wali's point of view -- A folktale about the devil's piss -- From Abgar to al-Azhar -- Conclusion -- On writing -- Author and authority -- Why did al-Wali translate the Fulani commentary? -- From orality to literacy -- Knowing and the knower.
9789004324480 (e-book)
Wali, Muhammad al-Wali ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Muhammad, active 1688.
Muslim scholars--Sudan--Biography.
Sudan--Intellectual life--17th century.
Electronic books.
BP80.W258 / D35 2016
297.092 B