Failed Islamic States in Senegambia

David Robinson

The Massacre at Pete, an Arabic letter

The Massacre at Pete 1
The Massacre at Pete 1
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Creator: Kan, Muhammad Mahmud
Contributing Institutions: David Robinson; MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University
Description: A letter addressed by an important cleric and political figure writing in Saint-Louis, Senegal, to the leaders of the Umarian community in Segu, in 1874, and commenting on the terrible events at Pete the year before.
Date: December 20, 1874
Date Range: 1870-1879
Location: Saint-Louis (Ndar), Senegal
Format: Text/pdf
Language: Arabic
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Digitizer: MATRIX
Source: Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris (BNP), Manuscrits Orientaux, Fonds Arabe, vol 5582, f 60. An English translation and photocopy of the Arabic appear in John Hanson and David Robinson, After the Jihad: the Reign of Ahmad al-Kabir in the Western Sudan. Michigan State University Press, 1991. Pages 170-76, 357-8.