Timbuktu Chronicles
Author | : Maḥmūd Kutī ibn Mutawakkil Kutī Timbuktī |
Publisher | : Africa Research and Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 1592218091 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781592218097 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Download or read book Timbuktu Chronicles written by Maḥmūd Kutī ibn Mutawakkil Kutī Timbuktī and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 500 years ago, Askiya Muhammad founded the Songhay Dynasty of the Askiyas, which flourished for more than a century in Sahelian West Africa. The Timbuktu-based scribe al hajj Mahmud Kati was a close friend of Askiya Mohammed - and the Tarikh al fattash gives an eyewitness account of his empire, told from the perspective of a key participant. Long valued as one of the most important historical documents of the African medieval world, Kati's account is also a literary achievement that is comparable to the writings of figures like Chaucer, Rabelais and Montaigne.