Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Tarikh al-Sudan (Histoire des Songhois et des Rois du Soudan)
Not on view
For centuries external Muslim authors used the expression bilad al-Sudan (country of the Blacks) to cast Sahelians as the Other. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Sahelian scholars began composing their own historical chronicles in Arabic. These authors drew upon local oral tradition but lacked direct access to early written sources. This detailed narrative of the Songhay empire was originally composed in Timbuktu during the seventeenth century by a scholar and imam of the Sankore mosque, Abd el-Rahman al-Sa’di.
Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.
