Tarikh as-Sudan
gregory crane / tarikh as-sudan
- Created on 2021-10-18 22:41:02
- Modified on 2023-09-13 20:44:01
- Translated by Delafosse vs Hunwick
- Aligned by gregory crane
English
English
As for that master tyrant , that famous villain , « persName » Sonni- ' Ali « /persName » , whose name is written with an o placed after the s and an i after the redoubled n , according to the spelling I found fixed in the « title » Dzeil ed-dibâdj « /title » of the very learned jurisconsult « persName » Ahmed-Baba « /persName » ( God most-holy be merciful to him ! ) , he was a man gifted with great strength and powerful energy .
Wicked , libertine , unjust , oppressor , bloodthirsty , he killed so many men that God alone knows the number . He persecuted the learned and the pious by attacking their lives , their honor or their consideration .
Wicked , libertine , unjust , oppressor , bloodthirsty , he killed so many men that God alone knows the number . He persecuted the learned and the pious by attacking their lives , their honor or their consideration .
As
for
the
great
oppressor
and
notorious
evil-doer
,
Sunni
‘Ali
( Sunni spelt with an undotted sin accompanied by a damma and a
doubled niin with kasra—thus I found it in the Dhayl al-dibaj ' of the
erudite scholar , the jurist Ahmad Baba— may God Most High have
mercy on him ) , he was a man of great strength and colossal energy , a
tyrant , a miscreant , an aggressor , a despot ( mutasallit ) , and a butcher
who killed so many human beings that only God Most High could
count them . ? He tyrannized the scholars and holymen , killing them ,
insulting them , and humiliating them .
( Sunni spelt with an undotted sin accompanied by a damma and a
doubled niin with kasra—thus I found it in the Dhayl al-dibaj ' of the
erudite scholar , the jurist Ahmad Baba— may God Most High have
mercy on him ) , he was a man of great strength and colossal energy , a
tyrant , a miscreant , an aggressor , a despot ( mutasallit ) , and a butcher
who killed so many human beings that only God Most High could
count them . ? He tyrannized the scholars and holymen , killing them ,
insulting them , and humiliating them .