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|a MS 253028 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 253028b |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Correspondence with M.A. Hinawy (MS 253028b) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c 1933-34 AD (1352-53 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection : Correspondence. |
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|a 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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|a Date of Composition: 1933-34 AD (1352-53 A.H.) |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: KiAmu |
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|a From the Hichens Papers via Miss M.C. Bryan (gift), 23 February 1970 |
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|a Extent: 25 leaves |
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|a 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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|a VIAF (name authority) : Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/305366593 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island |
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|a This item is believed to be in the public domain |
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|a 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 |
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|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. |
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|a Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Swahili Literature. |
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|a Swahili poetry. |
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|a Africa, East. |
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|a East Africa. |
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|a Africa, East -- History. |
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|a East Africa -- History. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Afrika, Mashariki - Historia. |
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|a Letter. |
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|a Correspondence |2 LCTGM |
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|a Personal correspondence |2 LCGFT |
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|a Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959, |e author, primary. |
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|a Hichens, William, -1944. |4 ctb |
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|a Kenya |b Mombasa County |d Mombasa. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a African Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts Collections. |
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|a Kenya Collection. |
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|a Bantu Collections. |
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|a William Hichens Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000160/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/01/60/00001/00_ToBeScannedthm.jpg |
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