Overview
In Volume One, al-Tunisi relates the history of his much-traveled family, his journey from Egypt to Darfur, and the reign of the noted sultan 'Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid. In Volume Two al-Tunisi describes the geography of the region, the customs of Darfurs petty kings, court life and the clothing of its rulers, marriage customs, eunuchs, illnesses, food, hunting, animals, currencies, plants, magic, divination, and dances. In Darfur combines literature, history, ethnography, linguistics, and travel adventure, and most unusually for its time, includes fifty-two illustrations, all drawn by the author.
- | Author: Mu?ammad al-Tunisi, Humphrey Davies
- | Publisher: NYU Press
- | Publication Date: May 08, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 400 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/History
- | ISBN-10: 1479867845
- | ISBN-13: 9781479867844
