Islam, Sectarianism, and Politics in the Sudan since the Mahdiyya Book

	Preface and Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations
Pt. I	Islamization	1
1	Sufism and Holy Families	1
2	Islam and State under the Turkiyya, 1820-81	6
3	Social, Economic and Geopolitical Factors Leading to Revolt	12
Pt. II	The Mahdist State, 1881-98	22
4	Background to the Mahdiyya	22
5	The Path Leading to Revolt	27
6	Muhammad Ahmad b. 'Abdallah, the Mahdi	30
7	The Mahdist State under the Khalifa 'Abdullahi	43
8	Laying the Foundations of Mahdist Administration	50
Pt. III	Religious Policy Under the Condominium	57
9	Laying the Foundations, 1899-1918	57
10	The Emergence of Neo-Mahdism	81
11	The Path to Independence, 1939-55	104
Pt. IV	Independent Sudan, 1956-89	142
12	Statehood and Constitution-Making	144
13	The Islamic Path, 1977-85	152
14	The Ansar-Umma in Politics, 1956-86	170
15	The Muslim Brothers and Numayri	178
16	The Third Democratic Interlude, 1986-9	194
Pt. V	Islamism and Democracy	202
17	The Islamist Coup and the NIF-Military Coalition	205
18	Islam and Democracy	222
	Bibliography	227
	Index	239
Map	The Egyptian Sudan
Map	The Modern Sudan