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

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

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili Literature ( LCSH )
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui
Genre:
Letter
Correspondence ( LCTGM )
Personal correspondence ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Coordinates:
-4.05466 x 39.66359

Notes

Abstract:
This section begins with a short letter to Sheikh Alamin Ali Mazrui, whereas the rest of the correspondence is between Hichens and Mbarak Ali Hinawy regarding the writing of an anthology of Swahili literature, referred by Hichens as ‘ushuhuda’. In the letters they also discuss issues related to Al-Inkishafi, to a collection of nursery songs and wedding songs, to the ‘Utendi wa Wajiwaji’, and to the Liongo songs. ( 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: 1936 AD (1355 A.H.)
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Languages: English (Roman script)
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Extent: 10 leaves
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From the Hichens Papers via Miss M.C. Bryan (gift), 23 February 1970
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Incipit: Kwa mwandani wangu Kadhi Sheikh Ali al Amin Mombasa
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VIAF (name authority) : Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/305366593
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa

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 253028f ( SOAS manuscript number )