Thomas, Edward.

Islam's Perfect Stranger : The Life of Mahmud Muhammad Taha, Muslim Reformer of Sudan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (294 pages) - 20101123 Series ; v.20101123 . - 20101123 Series .

Front Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Transliteration -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Remembering childhood -- Chapter 2. Sudan from 1500-1900 -- Chapter 3. Escaping the village shop -- Chapter 4. Training an effendi -- Chapter 5. Starting work and getting married -- Chapter 6. The Republican party -- Chapter 7. Taking the lift to the fields of heaven -- Chapter 8. Giving up abstinence -- Chapter 9. Independence for the elite -- Chapter 10. Battle lines -- Chapter 11. Glorious October -- Chapter 12. Pyramids -- Chapter 13. Modern Sufi -- Chapter 14. Romancing Sudan -- Chapter 15. Perfect stranger -- Chapter 16. The perfect ending -- Chapter 17. Aftermath -- Endnotes -- Appendix 1: Constitution of the Republican Party -- Glossary of non-English terms -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index.

9781786734969


Islam-Sudan.


Electronic books.

BP64.S8 .466 2011

962.4042092