Table of Contents

1. The 'abode of the blacks'; 2. Lords of mountain and savanna: the origins and history of the Fur State to 1874; 3. The ends of the Turkish world; 4. Darfur at the end of time: the Mahdiyya, 1885–1898; 5. Between an anvil and a hammer: the reign of Ali Dinar, 1898–1916; 6. 'Closed district': Anglo-Egyptian colonial rule in Darfur, 1916–1939; 7. Unequal struggles, 1939–1955; 8. Colonial legacies and Sudanese rule, 1956–1969; 9. Darfur and 'the May Regime', 1969–1985; 10. Third time unlucky: Darfur and the restoration of parliamentary rule; 11. The state of jihad; 12. The destruction of Darfur.

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The second edition of the first ever general history of Darfur, bringing the story up to date.

About the Author

M. W. Daly has published widely on the history of the Sudan and has received many honors and awards, including fellowships from the universities of Durham, Khartoum, and Tel Aviv, as well as residencies at Oxford, Durham, the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC), and elsewhere. He is also the recipient of the John Frederick Lewis Award of the American Philosophical Society.