1 State Authority and Local Politics before 1916: The Darfur Sultans, Turco-Egyptian Rule and the Mahdiyya

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Glossary xii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 State Authority and Local Politics before 1916: The Darfur Sultans, Turco-Egyptian Rule and the Mahdiyya 20
8. 2 Colonial Conquest and the Politics of Alliance in Darfur, 1916–1921 56
9. 3 ‘Healthy Oppression’? Native Administration and State Violence in Western Darfur, 1917–1945 80
10. 4 Native Courts and Chieftaincy Disputes in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917–1937 115
11. 5 Defining Territories, Policing Movement and the Limits of Legibility in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917–1950 153
12. 6 Late Colonialism in Darfur: Local Government, Development and National Politics, 1937–1956 171
13. Conclusion: State Formation, Violence and Conflict in Historical Perspective 198
14. Bibliography 212
15. Index 225