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First published in 1985. This monograph is from a series on African Studies and looks at the history of the Masallt Sultanate from 1870 to 1930. As literature on western Dar Fur is nearly non-existent and relevant travel accounts few, it is almost completely based on primary sources. The (Arabic) Mahdist Archives and (English) Condominium Archives kept at the Central Records Office, Khartoum, French and British Archives, and the Sudan Collection of the History Department in Bergen, Norway.
List of contents
Preface, Lidwien Kapteijns; Note on transliteration, Lidwien Kapteijns; Introduction, Lidwien Kapteijns; Chapter 1 The western Sudan before 1874: the political and geographical context, Lidwien Kapteijns; Chapter 2 Mas?l?t society during the Ancien Regime (before 1874), Lidwien Kapteijns; Chapter 3 Prelude to the rise of the Mas?l?t Sultanate: ?ajj?m ?asab All?h and the unification of the Mas?l?t, Lidwien Kapteijns; Chapter 4 The rise of the Mas?l?t Sultanate from a regional perspective (1883–1898), Lidwien Kapteijns; Chapter 5 The rise of the Mas?l?t Sultanate from within: Sudanic tradition re-enacted, Lidwien Kapteijns; Chapter 6 ‘The sultan is like a buffalo in the fight’: struggle for independence and prelude to colonial rule, Lidwien Kapteijns; Chapter 7 Some direct results of indirect rule: D?r Mas?l?t in the 1920s and 1930s, Lidwien Kapteijns Appendix, Lidwien Kapteijns;
About the author
Lidwien Kapteijns, Lecturer of History, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
