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024 7    |a MS 279888-Vol.8 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 363 |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Al-Ahaadiith al-Mukhtaarah (MS 363) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c [n.d.].
490        |a Allen Collection : Religious Tendi and Historical Notes.
500        |a Biographical information: Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui was born in Mombasa in A.D 1891 (A.H. 1308) and died in A.D. 1947 (A.H. 1366). -- He was, and still is, considered one of the greatest scholar of Islamic religious science, in East Africa, and was appointed chief Kadhi (Muslim judge) of Kenya in 1937. -- During his life he wrote many books about Islam, literature, and the history of the Coast. His most important contribution was to provide Islamic religious books to the people of East Africa, in Swahili. -- His book ‘The History of the Mazrui Dinasty of Mombasa’ was translated by J.McL Ritchie and published by Oxford University Press in 1995. -- In 1932 he began the publication of the weekly newspaper in Arabic and Swahili called Al-Iswlah. -- He also began to translate the Qur’an, of which some parts have been published. -- He left many unpublished manuscripts, including a very relevant study of Swahili prosody, in which he gave a neat classification of the poetic forms for the study of Swahili poetry.
500        |a Date of Composition is unknown
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
500        |a Dialects: KiAmu
500        |a Extent: 13 leaves
500        |a Donated to SOAS in 1982
500        |a Incipit: Amma baadu hizi ni tafsiri za Al-ahadiithu-l-mukhtaarah zilizokusanywa na al-allamat-al-marhuu
500        |a Al-Amin Bin Ali Mazrui was the Chief Islamic Judge in Kadhi courts of Kenya Colony.
500        |a Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 13
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/39558103
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
500        |a Scribe: Abibakr Muhammad Khatib
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a This section contains the sayings of the Prophet Mohammed, The Hadithi, written by Sh. Alamin bin Ali Mazrui, in Arabic, with Swahili translation. Here there are 70 of the 130 sayings chosen by the author. Sh. Alamin had published the complete collection of sayings.
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Archives and Special Collections, |d 2016. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650    0 |a Islam.
650        |a Religious belief.
650    0 |a Faith.
650        |a Imani za kidini.
650    7 |a Muḥammad, Prophet, -642. |2 LCNA
650        |a Prophet Mohammed.
655    4 |a Stories.
655    4 |a Hadithi.
655    7 |a Literature |2 LCTGM
700 1    |a Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali, |e author, primary.
700        |a Abibakr Muhammad Khatib. |4 ctb
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000073/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/00/73/00001/00_likelyPUBLICdomainthm.jpg
997        |a African Collections


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