Amir Syed
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 116340 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Amir Syed |
| PRENOMES | Amir |
| SOBRENOME | Syed |
| ASSINATURA | SYED A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3230-0764 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Sorcery or Science? Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts
Mobility, Knowledge Transmission, and Authority in West Africa
This article provides a select reading of the British Africanist Ivor Wilks’ unpublished field notes, “Conversations about the past, mainly from Ghana, 1956–1996.” Specifically, it focuses on Wilks’ notes on the migration of Muslims in Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso, including his collection of interviews, diary entries, anecdotal observations, and ethnographic data. It offers new perspectives on the entanglements between mobility, knowledg…
Introduction. The Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi
The economic historian Marlon Johnson observes that prior to the 19th century, [t]he interior delta of the Niger with its floodlands, river and creeks and the area of sand dunes and lakes between the delta proper and the Niger, together form a region which would seem to have met the necessary conditions for the heartland of a centralized state: easy communications by water; a surplus of foodstuffs beyond the needs of their producers; a position a…
Political Theology in Nineteenth-Century West Africa
In 1862, al-Ḥājj ʿUmar Fūtī Tall (d. 1864) conquered a prominent Muslim polity of the Middle Niger valley, the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi. Several months earlier, he had penned a long polemical work, Bayān mā waqaʿa , where he outlined his conflict with Ḥamdallāhi's ruler, Aḥmad III (d. 1862), and presented a legal justification for his eventual conquest. Al-Ḥājj ʿUmar was one of several West African Muslim intellectuals who articulated a new vision…
Political Theology in Nineteenth-Century West Africa
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Between Jihād and History
Diagayété, Mohamed, Barth à Tombouctou
African Dominion
Jihad of the Pen
From Texts to Meanings
Poetics of Praise
In this article, I provide one example of how a careful engagement with poetry can enrich our understanding of West African history. In 1852, al-Ḥājj ʿ Umar Fūtī Tāl (d.1864) completed his panegyric of the Prophet Muḥammad— Safīnat al-saʿāda li-ahl ḍuʿf wa-l-najāda or The Vessel of Happiness and Assistance for the Weak . Through an analysis of Safīnat al-saʿāda, I explain Tāl’s creative use of two older poems that were widespread in West Africa— …
Political Theology in Nineteenth-Century West Africa
In 1862, al-Ḥājj ʿUmar Fūtī Tall (d. 1864) conquered a prominent Muslim polity of the Middle Niger valley, the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi. Several months earlier, he had penned a long polemical work, Bayān mā waqaʿa , where he outlined his conflict with Ḥamdallāhi's ruler, Aḥmad III (d. 1862), and presented a legal justification for his eventual conquest. Al-Ḥājj ʿUmar was one of several West African Muslim intellectuals who articulated a new vision…
Poetics of Praise
In this article, I provide one example of how a careful engagement with poetry can enrich our understanding of West African history. In 1852, al-Ḥājj ʿ Umar Fūtī Tāl (d.1864) completed his panegyric of the Prophet Muḥammad— Safīnat al-saʿāda li-ahl ḍuʿf wa-l-najāda or The Vessel of Happiness and Assistance for the Weak . Through an analysis of Safīnat al-saʿāda, I explain Tāl’s creative use of two older poems that were widespread in West Africa— …
Jihad of the Pen
From Texts to Meanings
African Dominion
Between Jihād and History
Diagayété, Mohamed, Barth à Tombouctou
Introduction. The Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi
The economic historian Marlon Johnson observes that prior to the 19th century, [t]he interior delta of the Niger with its floodlands, river and creeks and the area of sand dunes and lakes between the delta proper and the Niger, together form a region which would seem to have met the necessary conditions for the heartland of a centralized state: easy communications by water; a surplus of foodstuffs beyond the needs of their producers; a position a…
Political Theology in Nineteenth-Century West Africa
In 1862, al-Ḥājj ʿUmar Fūtī Tall (d. 1864) conquered a prominent Muslim polity of the Middle Niger valley, the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi. Several months earlier, he had penned a long polemical work, Bayān mā waqaʿa , where he outlined his conflict with Ḥamdallāhi's ruler, Aḥmad III (d. 1862), and presented a legal justification for his eventual conquest. Al-Ḥājj ʿUmar was one of several West African Muslim intellectuals who articulated a new vision…
Political Theology in Nineteenth-Century West Africa
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Mobility, Knowledge Transmission, and Authority in West Africa
This article provides a select reading of the British Africanist Ivor Wilks’ unpublished field notes, “Conversations about the past, mainly from Ghana, 1956–1996.” Specifically, it focuses on Wilks’ notes on the migration of Muslims in Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso, including his collection of interviews, diary entries, anecdotal observations, and ethnographic data. It offers new perspectives on the entanglements between mobility, knowledg…
Sorcery or Science? Contesting Knowledge and Practice in West African Sufi Texts
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