Addison Rae ⋆˙⟡
ytima.bsky.social
Addison Rae ⋆˙⟡
@ytima.bsky.social
Previously Casper & St. Guerrier; will ramble.
Reposted by Addison Rae ⋆˙⟡
Bournouaise (woman of Bornu)
ca. 1844
#ethnographxt
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Addison Rae ⋆˙⟡
'Sanusi People'
Kano, Nigeria
ca. 1950

#ethnographxt
December 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Qāsim (1985), 1041: “mulāzim (S.) [in] the days of the Mahdiyya the mulāzim belonged to the council of the Mahdī and the Khalīfa”

“mulāzim (S.) ayyām al-Mahdiyya al-mulāzim li-majlis al-Mahdī wa-l-Khalīfa.”
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Flag attributed to the Sudanese Mahdī

Image sources:
Johnson and Cox, “Notes on Mahdist Flags“ (2015), 24; Nicoll and Nusairi, “The Origins, Development and Use of Banners During the Mahdīa” (2020), 17. #africa #africanhistory #sudan
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It is curious that the flag attributed to the Mahdī should bear the same ending formula as the flag of the Khatmiyya, the text being an extract from a devotional work by al-Ḥasan al-Mīrghanī.

Nicoll and Nusairi (2020), 16–17; Karrar (1992), 136.
December 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A jolly day to all of youse. ❄️✨
December 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM