A Short History of Islamic West Africa History Written in Persian in the

Written in Persian in the early nineteenth century by Shah 'Abd al-‘Aziz Dihlawi (1745-1822)

Translated and annotated with an introduction by Yahya Birt

University of London

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A Short History of Islamic West Africa History Written in Persian in theTracing a Millennium of Black Muslim History (10th 20th Centuries) From the first medieval conversions to the twilight of the colonial era, this book unfolds over a thousand years of one of the most captivating sagas in African history. It traces the great milestones in the spread of Islam between the Sahara, the Atlantic Ocean, and Lake Chad across that vast region once known as the Sudan, a land whose Islamic tradition is as rich, dynamic, and