The manuscripts of Timbuktu /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Djian, Jean-Michel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Other Authors:	Diagne, Souleymane Bachir (writer of afterword), Le Clézio, J.-M. G (Jean-Marie Gustave), 1940- (writer of foreword.), Le Clézio, J.-M. G (Jean-Marie Gustave), 1940- (writer of foreword.), Wise, Christopher, 1961- (Translator, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/trl)
Format:	Book
Language:	English French
Published:	Trenton : Africa World Press, [2020]
Edition:	First AWP English edition
Subjects:	Manuscripts, Arabic > Mali > Tombouctou Manuscripts, Arabic Tombouctou (Mali) > History Mali > Tombouctou History

Table of Contents:

Translator's preface / by Christopher Wise
Preface / by J.M.G. Le Clezio
Introduction
Arrival at Timbuktu
The founding of Timbuktu
Scholarship at the heart of the Songhay Empire
The birth of the empire
The convergence of trade and knowledge
The force of the law
The Tarikh al-Fattash
Excerpt from the Tarikh al-Sudan
Questions for Egyptian scholars
A contribution from Mohamed Hamady, Studies of manuscripts on fatwas and nazilas
Principles of governance
The Mande charter, a contribution from Cheikh Hamidou Kane
On sound principles of governance, a contribution from Saad Traore
The property question
Medicine
From a manuscript: the treatment of illnesses
Contribution from Floreal Sanagustin
The power of the scholars
The manufacturing of knowledge
Specific characteristics of the manuscripts of Timbuktu
Alexander at Timbuktu, a contribution from Georges Bohas
Oblivion: myths and prejudices
A contribution from Doulaye Konate
A contribution from Mahmoud Zouber
A family library at Timbuktu
Conclusion
Afterword / by Souleyman Bachir Diagne
Appendixes: inventory of "Timbuktu histories."

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