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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000162/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- In this section there are 3 letters between Mbarak Ali Hinawy and Hichens regarding Al-Inkishafi in Arabic script, Al-dduraru al-Mandhuma, and notes on Hamziyya. Hichens asks Hinawy for clarification of some points concerning the ‘History of Lamu’. This section ends with a letter to Mr Whitton with notes on the history, sports and pastimes, and techniques of kite flying, in Lamu. ( en )
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- 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: 1935 AD (1354 A.H.)
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- Extent: 13 leaves
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- Incipit: Dear Bwana Hichens, I am sorry for the delay in replying to your letters.
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- From the Hichens Papers via Miss M.C. Bryan (gift), 23 February 1970
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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
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- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
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- 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 likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 253028 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 253028d ( SOAS manuscript number )
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