Political Theology in Nineteenth-Century West Africa
Al-Ḥājj ʿUmar, the Bayān mā waqaʿa , and the Conquest of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 8978352 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Amir Syed (0000-0003-3230-0764, University of Pittsburgh, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 358-376 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-08-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853721000505 |
| OpenAlex | W3198729527 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 4 |
| Referências citadas | 33 |
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 of power in the region. These intellectuals linked legitimate political rule with mastery over Islamic knowledge that they claimed only they had. Yet these linkages between religious authority and political power remain understudied. Al-Ḥājj ʿUmar's Bayān offers one example of political theology in nineteenth-century West Africa. In this article, I trace his arguments and explain how he constructs his authority and claims to sovereignty in this work. In the process, I conceptualize two theoretical frameworks — the ‘political geography of belief’ and the ‘political theology of knowledge’ — to demonstrate how a careful engagement with Arabic sources can help develop new approaches to the study of Muslim communities in African history and beyond
Ancient history · Archaeology · Caliphate · CONQUEST · Deuteronomist · Islam · Political science · Politics · Polity · Power (physics · Ruler · Sociology · Sovereignty · Sufism · Theology · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Geopolitics · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religious studies
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| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,8 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 4 |