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[a] At least four possible origins of the name of Timbuktu have been described: Songhay origin: both Leo Africanus and Heinrich Barth believed the name was derived from two Songhay words: [4] Leo Africanus writes the Kingdom of Tombuto was named after a town of the same name, founded in 1213 or 1214 by Mansa Sulayman. [5]
Daggatun was a nomad tribe of Jewish origin living in the ... (whose name may perhaps be derived ... who in 1857 journeyed through the Sahara to Timbuktu, [4] [5 ...
Starting out as a seasonal settlement, Timbuktu was in the kingdom of Mali when it became a permanent settlement early in the 12th century. After a shift in trading routes, the town flourished from the trade in salt, gold, ivory and slaves from several towns and states such as Begho of Bonoman, Sijilmassa, and other Saharan cities. [1]
There are some obvious problems with the text published by Houdas and Delafosse. The biographical information for Mahmud Kati (in Manuscript C only) suggests that he was born in 1468, while the other important 17th century chronicle, the Tarikh al-Sudan, gives the year of his death (or someone with the same name) as 1593.
By 1583 he was a prominent enough leader that he served as de facto Qadi of Timbuktu after the death of Al-Qadi Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar, issuing judgments in front of the Sidi Yahya Mosque. [5] Bagayogo, with most of the rest of Timbuktu, backed the Balma'a' s rebellion against Askia Muhammad Bani in 1588, but survived the purges led by his ...
A biographical note was translated by M.A. Cherbonneau in 1855, [10] and became one of the principal texts for study of the legal history of the Western Sudan. [11] Ahmad Baba's surviving works remain the best sources for the study of al-Maghili and the generation that succeeded him. [ 12 ]
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Timbuktu Manuscripts, or Tombouctou Manuscripts, is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali.