ABSTRACT
First Published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |39 pages
INTRODUCTION
Reflections on the Diffusion of Islam in West Africa JOHN RALPH WILLIS of ancient Arabia, like that of the Western Sudan, was of the group as against the
chapter |73 pages
The Evolution of Religious Brotherhoods in North and Northwest Africa 1523-1900' R.G. JENKINS
of this investigation has been to analyze observations made on of the second of the nineteenth century. Having begun such a study, it soon became clear
chapter |1 pages
The Kunta, Sidi al-Mukhtiir al-Kunti, and the Office of Shaykh al-Tariqa'l-Qddiriyya A.A. BATRAN
of the Kunta, the ethnic group of which the great
chapter |33 pages
of the Kunta
of Arab blood. Kunta tradition on their descent from 'Uqba b. Nafi' al-Fihri, of the Umayyad of Quraysh (the aristocrats of Mecca, and the people of the Prophet
chapter |30 pages
Muslim Sanhaja Scholars of Mauritania* H.T.NORRIS
ofthe Mulaththamunwhen they first enter history is of documentary evidence conceals
chapter |5 pages
The Writings of al-aajj 'Vmar aI-Fliti and Shaykh Mukhtar b. Wadi' at Allah: Literary Themes, Sources, and Influences JOHN RALPH WILLIS
of the Western Sudan, and his leading muqaddam, the Shaykn Mukhtar
chapter |22 pages
The Early Period of Mahmadu Lamin's Activities! IVANHRBEK
of Western Sudanese Islamic movements, the Sarakholle of the nineteenth
