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‘Conquest that never was…’Conrad adds references to later written texts tosupport argument:1. 1898 Sudan account [written] in which it is recountedthat a Soninke ancestor, Dinga, purchased the power tocommand rain- in late 19 th century, his descendants were claimingto have inherited this power [for political reasons]
‘Conquest that never was…’2. in 19 th C. writings of jihad leader Northern Nigeria[our Sokoto Case Study], there is reference to 17 th centuryTimbuktu scholar, Ahmad Baba[scholar important in Robinson’s discussion of ‘Slavery’ ; next week]:[19 th c Islamic leader] “If you ask whether the Muslims among thepeople of the Sudan accepted Islam through being conquered orwhether they professed it voluntarily, I would say that the answer tothis is as was stated by Shaykh Ahmad Baba … : ‘They acceptedIslam without being conquered by anybody.’ In another place hesaid: ‘It appears from what Ibn Khaldun and others said thatthose who became Muslims from among the Sudanese did sovoluntarily without being conquered by anybody’.
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