Correspondence with M.A. Hinawy (MS 253028b)
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Material Information

Title:
Correspondence with M.A. Hinawy (MS 253028b)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Correspondence
Creator:
Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary )
Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : Bound volume with red and gold cover; typescript in black and blue ink on thin paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili Literature ( LCSH )
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Africa, East ( LCSH )
East Africa
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Kiswahili mashairi
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Genre:
Letter
Correspondence ( LCTGM )
Personal correspondence ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Coordinates:
-4.05466 x 39.66359

Notes

Abstract:
The 10 letters contained in this section are mainly correspondence between Mbarak Ali Hinawy and Hichens, in English, regarding the publication and collection of material. As noted in section (a) here too the discussion focus on the importance of collecting as many manuscripts as possible to provide a complete anthology of Swahili literature. Furthermore, Hichens asks information on books about Swahili beliefs in Waganga, Wachawi, and dawa. He also wishes to have information on the life of Barasisi because he has received two hadithi, from Kijumwa. He also wants information on the hadithi ya Lyiongo. Inserted within this section, there is one small page of a section of an Utendi, in Arabic script, but the cataloguers were unable to find its link to a related correspondence. In one letter, dated 1st August 1934, Hichens thanks Hinawy for having sent him the draft of his historical book ‘Al-Akida and Fort Jesus, Mombasa’. Hichens wrote to Hinawy that the book could be published by the Azania Press as one of the volumes of the Azanian classics series. The book was published by Macmillan, in 1950. One letter only is addressed to Muhammad Kijumwa and relates to the material discussed in MS 253028a ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: Sir Mbarak Ali Hinawy was born in Mombasa c.1896AD (1314AH). He became Liwali of Mombasa and, after the death of Sir Ali b. Salim, Liwali of the Coast. Shaikh Mbarak, as he was also known, was probably the first non-European to collect manuscripts relating to Swahili literature, and his papers were given by his family, after his death in 1959AD (1379AH), to the university of Dar-es-Salaam archives. His publications together with his surviving papers reveal the depth of his scholarship. (Frankl & Omar, 1993)
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Date of Composition: 1933-34 AD (1352-53 A.H.)
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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From the Hichens Papers via Miss M.C. Bryan (gift), 23 February 1970
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Extent: 25 leaves
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Incipit: Dear Sheikh Mbarak, I thank you very much for your letter of 11th October with the manuscript of Utendi wa Mwana Kupona and your transcript.
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VIAF (name authority) : Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/305366593
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VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is believed to be in the public domain
Resource Identifier:
MS 253028 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 253028b ( SOAS manuscript number )