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" Djula - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Launay, Robert
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AL
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English
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1061439
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ALei1836
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Launay, Robert
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Djula - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Launay, Robert
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,495 words)
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| Abstract
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Djula (Dyula, Yarse) is a term in many dialects of the Mande language spoken in several West African countries (Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso), which refers to traders, especially those involved in long-distance trade. More specifically, it refers to members of a widespread network of Mande-speaking Muslim traders throughout the West African savanna, which was directly or indirectly responsible for much of the early diffusion of Islam in the West African grasslands. Members of this Mande Muslim trading
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Islam.
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ALei1836.pdf
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