A Short History of Islamic West Africa History

A Short History of Islamic West Africa HistoryTracing a Millennium of Black Muslim History (10th 20th Centuries) From the first medieval conversions to the twilight of the colonial era, this book unfolds over a thousand years of one of the most captivating sagas in African history. It traces the great milestones in the spread of Islam between the Sahara, the Atlantic Ocean, and Lake Chad across that vast region once known as the Sudan, a land whose Islamic tradition is as rich, dynamic, and

Written in Persian in the early nineteenth century by Shah 'Abd al-‘Aziz Dihlawi (1745-1822)

knowledge of the divine and of oneself

Khalid Baig has brilliantly put together such a book that motivates one to dive even deeper in search of the hidden treasures that will lead us to our ultimate goals: happiness and success

the ascetics and mystics in every age of this Ummah have built their places in the halls of history

a land whose Islamic tradition is as rich

between the wisdom of religion and the compassion of humanity

The aim of Islam and the Destiny of Man is to explain what it means to be a Muslim

the communities they developed

as well as the seven causes of pride

Translated and annotated with an introduction by Yahya Birt

University of London

hunger and vigilance