Letter to the Warring Tribes

Name: Letter to the Warring Tribes
Author: al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Kuntī al-Kabīr, Sayyid

Title	Letter to the Warring Tribes
Author	al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Kuntī al-Kabīr, Sayyid
Publication Place	- [publisher not identified]
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	Library of Congress
Library Asset ID	2021667540
Record ID	22061405
Sample Text	Timbuktu, founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The libraries of Timbuktu contain many important manuscripts, in different styles of Arabic scripts, which were written and copied by Timbuktu's scribes and scholars. These works constitute the city's most famous and long-lasting contribution to Islamic and world civilization. In this work, the author, a scholar and religious leader, urges warring factions to make peace and live in peace. He supports his argument with quotations from the Koran and allusions to the practice of Muhammad and his companions, which require the faithful to avoid discord, to reconcile, and to live in peace and tolerance.
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Letter to the Warring Tribes

Author al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Kuntī al-Kabīr, Sayyid

Publication Place - [publisher not identified]

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library Library of Congress

Library Asset ID 2021667540

Record ID 22061405

Sample Text Timbuktu, founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The libraries of Timbuktu contain many important manuscripts, in different styles of Arabic scripts, which were written and copied by Timbuktu's scribes and scholars. These works constitute the city's most famous and long-lasting contribution to Islamic and world civilization. In this work, the author, a scholar and religious leader, urges warring factions to make peace and live in peace. He supports his argument with quotations from the Koran and allusions to the practice of Muhammad and his companions, which require the faithful to avoid discord, to reconcile, and to live in peace and tolerance.

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