Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali
A huge book with this title was published for the Fontes Historiae Africanae in 2003, written by Paulo de Moraes Farias [Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, for the British Academy). Its sub-title explains more of what it deals with: “Epigraphy, Chronicles, and Songhay–Tuareg History”, and its principle content is images, printed Arabic texts and English translations of 250 tombstones bearing information on rulers and others, buried in, or near, Gao, at Essuk (al-Suq = Tadmakkat), and Kukiya/ Bentiya. There is also a very large and useful Bibliography, and, in the “Historical Introduction” a useful analysis of the early history of Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire.
It is a large-sized volume (8” x 12″), nicely bound with an attractive cover.