Firearms in the Central Sudan
- 1 April 1971
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of African History
- Vol. 12 (2) , 215-239
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700010641
Abstract
The earliest mention of firearms in the central Sudan appears to be from the time of Idris Alooma, ruler of Bornu in the latter part of the sixteenth century. Ibn Fartuwa says of Alooma: Among the benefits which God (Most High) of His bounty, beneficence, generosity, and constancy conferred upon the Sultan was the acquisition of Turkish musketeers and numerous household slaves who became skilled in firing muskets.Keywords
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