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''Sudanese Encyclopedia of Tribes and Genealogies'' ((アラビア語:موسوعة القبائل والأنساب في السودان); translitetered: ''Mawsu'at al-qaba`il wa'l-ansab fi 'l-Sudan'') by Awn Alsharif Qasim, printed in Khartoum by Maktabat Afiruqraf (Afro-Graph) in 1996. This encyclopaedia consists of seven volumes and 2628 pages. In his 12-page introduction, which is incorporated in the first volume, Qasim states his purpose and objectives of compiling such a work. He also mentions the scope or coverage, the criterion of inclusion, arrangement of the various entries and hints on how to use his encyclopaedia. ==Historical background== Qasim's encyclopaedia had its origins in the mid-1980s when he was collecting material for two of his other contributions, ''Halfayat al-Muluk'', which is a regional biographical dictionary of the Halfaya region north of Khartoum North, and ''Qamus al-lahja al-'ammiya fi 'l-Sudan'', 'A Dictionary of Sudanese Arabic'. Among those who appreciated the value of this indispensable source for Sudanese studies was R.S. O'Fahey, who followed its forms in writing Sudanese personal, tribal and place names. Having revised and published these two works, Qasim's began to plan for a project with a wider scope. His encyclopaedia appeared after more than ten years of active research and preparation. There has been no shortage of studies on tribes, genealogies and noteworthy persons and places names in the Sudan. Much research has been done during the past decades. The results, however, are scattered and often inaccessible. As Sharkey points out, Richard Leslie Hill felt this problem a long time ago when he said in the preface to his second edition of his ''Biographical dictionary of the Sudan'', "Little books are born in the Sudan by the dozen, without imprints without date, even without title page. They circulate for a brief season and die without trace." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sudanese Encyclopedia of Tribes and Genealogies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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