Overview

This work presents a study of the history and identity of the Moroccan Bayruk family. The first part of the book gives an outline of the main referents in both the Bayruk vision of 'self', and academic discourses on Maghribian history: the dynasty, caravan and 'tribe'. It identifies discrepancies in scholarly presentations of the Bayruk and traces them back to two overlapping issues of translation and conception. For the remainder of the book a variety of sources are used to highlight the role of textuality in the creation of the Bayruk image in academic discourse. As a result this book demonstrates how the Bayruk family can be used as a case-study to revise the existing interpretations of Maghribian history and modes of identification.

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Author:   Mohamed Hassan Mohamed
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.600kg
ISBN:  

9789004183797

ISBN 10:   9004183795
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   22 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Note on Transliteration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Introduction: The Bayruk and the Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Casualties of Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Scope: Sources and Outline of Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 I History, Identity and Textuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 History: Dynasty, Caravan and Qabila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Identity: Primordialist and Discursive Paradigms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Textuality: Modern Tribe, Postmodern Qabila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 II Antique Space, Upstart Qabila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Subaltern Voices: Takna Narratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Lure of Antiquity: Ethnography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 From Moor to Tribe: Travelogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 For Caravan and Sultan: Biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Taught by the Pen : Prelude to Takna? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 In the Company of the Sultan : Suturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 III A Futuristc Past: Archeology of the Bayruk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Colonial Ethnography, Pre-colonial History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Speaking for Ancestry: The Bayruk Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Tuwat: Space, History and Identity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Merits of Silence, Perils of Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Becoming Takna: Spatiality and Textuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 IV Caravan of the Bayruk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 In the Shadow of the Caravan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Caravan of the Author: Metaphors of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Rites of Holy Cause : Caravan of Slaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Caravan of the Bayruk: Gum and Khunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 V Spoils of War, Bounties of Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Creatures of the Dynasty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Benevolent Displacement: Ubaydallah the Fugitive . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Adjutants of Sultans: Haha Qaid, Susian Trader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Avid Trader, Reluctant Warrior: Shaykh Bayruk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Passage to Europe: 'Legitimate' Trade, Forbidden Markets . . . . . . 310 End of an Era: Wealth in Politics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Conclusion: Casualties of Translation, Fetters of Textuality . . . . . . . . . . 336 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 347 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 357

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Mohamed Hassan Mohamed received his education (BA and MA) at the University of Khartoum (Sudan). He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Alberta, Canada. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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