Between Caravan and Sultan: The Bayruk of Southern Morocco

A Study in History and Identity

AvMohamed Hassan Mohamed

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-02-22
Mått:155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:1 600 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004183797

Utforska kategorier

Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Islam inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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