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al-Minnah fi Itiqad Ahl al-Sunnah (The Gift of the Followers of the Path of Muhammad)
ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
Songhai Empire and Islam
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Sayyid al-Mukhtar ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Kunti al-Kabir
NOTES
The Songhai Empire was one of the most important states in West Africa during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Muslims lived in significant numbers within the empire's domains. This work examines the history of the empire and discusses important questions of Islamic law which arose in the empire, including the status and rights of women and children in a Muslim society.
SUBJECT
Arabic script
Islamic manuscripts
Songhai Empire
Timbuktu manuscripts
Arabic calligraphy
Arabic manuscripts
LANGUAGE
Arabic
REPOSITORY
Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library
DIGITAL ID
aftmh tam005
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/aftmh.tam005
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