期刊名称：Afriques : Débats, Méthodes et Terrains d'Histoire
电子版ISSN：2108-6796
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
页码：1-28
DOI：10.4000/afriques.1170
出版社：Centre d’Études des Mondes Africains
摘要：The Discours historique de l’estat du royaume de Borno, written by a former French slave in Tripoli in 1685, is one of the most important sources for the history of Borno sultanate. Unfortunately, its study has been neglected due to inconsistencies between the manuscript and other sources. The manuscript was then considered as a second hand source. However, a close study of the context where the manuscript was conceived and written shows that we can deeply learn from it. The work of whom we call the « French surgeon », comes within the scope of a context favorable for writing the experience of captivity. It is the consequence of the author’s intense works of research in Tripoli and in France. The « French surgeon » wrote this chapter in a voluminous manuscript on the history of Tripoli with the reviews of a second author. The most interesting part of his work remains the way how the « French surgeon » collected his sources : their census is the occasion to propose their first classification, and a first overview of the contribution of the Discours historique de l’estat du royaume de Borno for the modern history of Borno sultanate.
关键词：writing of history; Tripoli; literature of captive; diplomacy; Borno; French surgeon
