The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 /

This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols,...

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Main Author: Searcy, Kim.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston, Mass. ; Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Islam in Africa 11.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223066.

Subjects:

Islam and politics > Sudan.

Islamic renewal > Sudan.

Sudan > History > 1881-1899.

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