Administrative Reform in the Mahdist State: An Example from the Rubatab, 1303/1885, Jay Spaulding (11-16)
Tabaqat of the Twentieth-Century Sudan: Arabic Biographical Dictionaries as a Source for Colonial History, 1898-1956, Heather J. Sharkey (17-34)
A Sacred Community: Scholars, Saints, and Emirs in a prayer text from Ilorin, Stefan Reichmuth (35-54)
Consul Dupuis and Wangara: A Window on Islam in Early Nineteenth-Century Asante, Ivor Wilks (55-72)
Studies on the Sources of the Kitab Rimah Hizb al-Rahim of al-hajj 'Umar, Bernd Radtke (73-113)
Glaubenskampf oder Machtkampf? Der Aufstand der Malé von Bahia nach einer islamischen Quelle, Rosemarie Quiring-Zoche (115-124)
Some Recent Sudanese Biographies, Memoirs, and Histories (including Music): A Bibliographical Note, R.S. O'Fahey (137-155)
Arabic Literature of Africa: A Progress Report, John O. Hunwick / Alhaji Garba Sa'idu (170-182)
John E. Lavers: Writings: Addenda (183)
Shorter notices (190-192)
