Taʾrīkh al-fattāsh
work by Kāti family
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contribution by Mahmud Kati
- In Muḥammad I Askia: Organization of the Songhai empire
…who accompanied Muḥammad, wrote in Taʾrīkh al-fattāsh that the jinn of Mecca had had Muḥammad named caliph and had told him what his rights were over the former vassal groups of the Sonnis. By the time he returned in 1497 or 1498, he was a leader deeply converted to Islam.…
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Islamic world history
- In Islamic world: Trans-Saharan Islam
…also survive, such as the Taʾrīkh al-fattāsh (written by several generations of the Kāti family, from 1519 to 1665), a chronological history of Songhai, or al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-Sūdān (completed in 1655). By the end of the period of consolidation and expansion, Muslims in the Sudanic belt were being steadily influenced…
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