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Publisher: <\/strong>Qira’at Afriqiyah Magazine
Issue:<\/strong> 69,July 2026
ISSN<\/strong>: 2634-131X
Year :<\/strong> 22
Pages: <\/strong>20-39
Author<\/strong>: Dr. Maouiyata Idrissa Tour\u00e9
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<\/bdo>This study examines Durar al-hiss\u0101n f\u012b Akhb\u0101r Baad Mul\u016bk al-S\u016bd\u0101n (\u201cPearls of Excellence on the History of Some Kings of the Sudan\u201d) by B\u0101b\u0101 Gh\u016br\u016b ibn al-\u1e25\u0101jj Mu\u1e25ammad ibn al-\u1e25\u0101jj al-Am\u012bn K\u0101nw\u0101, a lost historical source that represents a particularly significant example of the problem of missing sources in African historiography. The study is based on the premise that the absence of a text does not necessarily imply the absence of its influence, since the quotations preserved in the T\u0101r\u012bkh al-Fatt\u0101sh allow the reconstruction of an intellectual and methodological profile that reveals a first-rate historical source.\n\nThrough three complementary lines of inquiry, the study seeks first to identify the author and his work through hypotheses supported by converging textual evidence; second, to demonstrate the contribution of the book to the historical narrative of the T\u0101r\u012bkh al-Fatt\u0101sh, particularly in the verification and correction of information and in the preservation of data overlooked by parallel sources; and third, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the manuscript and to trace its journey from Timbuktu to Niamey in light of the direct testimony of a recognized specialist.\n\nThe study concludes that Durar al-hiss\u0101n has probably not been permanently lost but was instead mixed with the manuscript collections of the Institute for Research in Human Sciences (IRSH) in Niamey under documented political circumstances. Consequently, its identification and possible recovery constitute a shared scholarly responsibility requiring cooperation among academic institutions in Mali, Niger, and Morocco \u25a0\n<\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
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