{"product_id":"in-darfur-9781479876389","title":"In Darfur","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA merchant's account of his travels through an independent African state \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad ibn ''Umar al-Tunisi (d. 1274\/1857) belonged to a family of Tunisian merchants trading with Egypt and what is now Sudan. Al-Tunisi was raised in Cairo and a graduate of al-Azhar. In 1803, at the age of fourteen, al-Tunisi set off for the Sultanate of Darfur, where his father had decamped ten years earlier. He followed the Forty Days Road, was reunited with his father, and eventually took over the management of the considerable estates granted to his father by the sultan of Darfur. \u003ci\u003eIn Darfur\u003c\/i\u003e is al-Tunisi's remarkable account of his ten-year sojourn in this independent state. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eIn Darfur\u003c\/i\u003e combines literature, history, ethnography, linguistics, and travel adventure, and most unusually for its time, inclu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Darfur \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an interesting glimpse of a (still) neglected part of Africa, and a surprising wealth of information. * The Complete Review *\u003cbr\u003eAs edited, translated, and presented by Davies, al-Tūnisī’s account is not only a rich primary source for the early nineteenth-century history of Darfur but also a literary gem marking Egypt’s dynamic and innovative intellectual history at mid-century. * Journal of the American Oriental Society *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867292578135,"sku":"9781479876389","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-darfur-9781479876389","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}