NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Swahili Language, Sinnar, Arabian Peninsula
15 Dec 2015
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Arab invasions 7th 8th c. to gibraltar: sub-saharan /west africa (bilad al-sudan) Islamization along saharan trade routes entrep t towns; role of berbers (tuareg, dyula: east africa (bilad al-zanj) 13th 15th c. kingdom/empire of mali, controls saharan trade, pilgrimage route; Timbuktu centre of islamic learning 15th-16th c. (faqih ahmad baba, d. 1627); later also jenn ; arabic manuscripts. Local kings accept islam from religious leaders, facilitating islamization; note importance of political involvement for spread of islam e. g. , islam state religion of mali under mansa musa 14th c. ; also of songhay kingdom under askiya. Muhammad 15th c. , ruler called caliph see tomb at gao; caliphate of bornu, 14th 16th c. , ruler ali ghaji (d. 1503); hausa states 14th 15th c. , centre kano (nigeria), king muhammad rumfa (reformist; contemporary with reformists. Rise in power of ulama, holy men receive land grants, charters.
