Tarikh Al-sudan English Translation Pdf May 2026

Tarikh al-Sudan

The (History of the Sudan) is the most vital primary source for the history of the Songhai Empire and the broader Niger Bend region of West Africa. Written in Arabic around 1655 by the Timbuktu scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di , it provides a rare, internal perspective on one of Africa’s greatest pre-modern civilizations. Finding a PDF English Translation

(Pulate translation, 1965, p. 3)

Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire (Hunwick)

: This volume contains 30 chapters of the Tarikh al-Sudan , focusing on the history of Songhai until 1613. It is widely considered the standard English text for researchers. tarikh al-sudan english translation pdf

"The history of the Sudan, which we have undertaken to write, is a science which deals with the knowledge of the origins and the sequence of events which have occurred in the land of the Sudan, from the time of the first inhabitants until the present day... We have collected and noted down the events which occurred in the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, and we have given an account of their sultans, their capitals, and their important cities." Tarikh al-Sudan The (History of the Sudan) is