Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction xxii
6. Map 1: The Author’s World: from Mali to Mecca xxxi
7. Map 2: Darfur xxxii
8. Note on the Text xxxiii
9. Notes to the Frontmatter xlv
10. Preamble 1
11. Prolegomenon, in three chapters
12. Chapter 1: The Reasons That Led to My Journey to the Land of the Blacks 14
13. Chapter 2: The Journey from al-Fusṭāṭ to Darfur 64
14. Chapter 3: A Brief Excerpt from the History of Sultan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Called the Rightly Guided: His Early Days, His Rule, and His Death 140
15. Notes 187
16. Glossary 207
17. Index 231
18. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 245
19. About the Typefaces 246
20. Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 247
21. About the Editor–Translator 250