A History of the Sudan: From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day, 6th Edition

The only English-language book to provide a full history of Sudan, including the most recent crisis in Darfur.

Contents

List of Maps

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Sixth Edition

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction: The Land and the People

PART ONE: Before the Turco-Egyptian Conquest

1. The Eastern Bilad al-Sudan in the Middle Ages

2. The Eastern Bilad al-Sudan from the early Sixteenth to the early Nineteenth Century

PART TWO: The Turco-Egyptian Period: 1820-81

3. The Inauguration of the Turco-Egyptian Regime: 1820-25

4. Settlement and Stagnation: 1825-62

5. The Era of Khedive Isma’il: 1863-81

PART THREE: The Mahdist State: 1881-98

6. The Mahdist Revolution: 1881-85

7. The Reign of the Khalifa ‘Abdallahi: 1885-98

PART FOUR: The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium: 1899-1955

8. Pacification and Consolidation: 1899-1913

9. Revolt and Reaction: 1914-36

10. The Development of Sudanese Nationalism: 1937-52

11. The Achievement of Independence, 1953-56

PART FIVE: The Independent Sudan

12. Parliamentary and Military Government: 1956-69

13. The Era of Jaafar Nimeiri: 1969-85

14. The transitional Government and the Third Parliamentary Regime: 1985-89

15. The National Islamic Front in Power, 1989-99

16. The Sudan and the New Millenium

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