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The Mahdist State in the Sudan, 1881-1898 » Read Now
by P. M. Holt. 264 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...THE MAHDIST STATE IN THE SUDAN THE MAHDIST STATE IN THE SUDAN 1881-1898 A STUDY OF ITS...regardless of changes of government in the Sudan, until it was temporarily...
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The Southern Sudan, 1883-1898: A Struggle for Control » Read Now
by Robert O. Collins. 218 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...European Powers. The documents of the Mahdist State are found in the archives of the Sudan Government in Khartoum. In 1956 and...and, particularly, P. M. Holt, The Mahdist...
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War of Visions: Conflict of Identities in the Sudan ("The Mahdist State" begins on p. 49) » Read Now
by Francis M. Deng. 578 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The civil war that has raged intermittently in the Sudan since independence in 1956 is a conflict of contrasting and seemingly incompatible identities in the Northern and Southern parts of the country. Identity is seen as a function of how people identify themselves and are identified by others in...
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The civil war that has raged intermittently in the Sudan since independence in 1956 is a conflict of contrasting and seemingly incompatible identities in the Northern and Southern parts of the country. Identity is seen as a function of how people identify themselves and are identified by others in terms of race, ethnicity, culture, language, and religion. The identity question relates to how such concepts determine or influence participation and distribution in the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the country. War of Visions sheds light on the anomalies of the identity conflict and presents competing models: the Arab-Islamic mold of the North, representing two thirds of the country in territory and population, and the remaining Southern third, which is indigenously African in race, ethnicity, culture, and religion, with an educated Christianized elite. But although the North is popularly defined as racially Arab, the people are a hybrid of Arab and African elements, with the African physical characteristics predominating in most tribal groups. This configuration is the result of a historical process that stratified races, cultures, and religions and fostered a "passing" into the Arab-Islamic mold that discriminated against the African race and cultures. The outcome of this process is a polarization that is based more on myth than on the realities of the situation. The identity crisis has been further complicated by the fact that Northerners want to fashion the country on the basis of their Arab-Islamic identity, while the South is decidedly resistant.
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A Modern History of the Sudan: From the Funj Sultanate to the Present Day (Chap. 6 "The Mahdist Revolution") » Read Now
by P. M. Holt. 242 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...rule ended with the Mahdist Revolution, British administration with the coming of independence, but the modern Sudan is politically and...dependency into a sovereign state...
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Warriors of the Prophet: The Struggle for Islam ("The Land of the Mahdi" begins on p. 143) » Read Now
by Mark Huband. 198 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

"A good introduction to the intricacies of political currents in the Arab-Islamic bloc of nations." Booklist "A significant contribution to the genuine understanding of the contemporary Islamic upsurge, too often misrepresented & diabolized." Mohamed Sid-Ahmed political commentator for Al-Ahram "An...
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"A good introduction to the intricacies of political currents in the Arab-Islamic bloc of nations." Booklist "A significant contribution to the genuine understanding of the contemporary Islamic upsurge, too often misrepresented & diabolized." Mohamed Sid-Ahmed political commentator for Al-Ahram "An interesting & timely study which should be read with careful attention by anyone concerned for the evolution of the Islamic world." Sir Allan Ramsay former British Ambassador to Morocco
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 ("The Mahdi in the Sudan" begins on p. 57) » Read Now
by H. L. Wesseling, Arnold J. Pomerans. 446 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic...
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The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples.
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