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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000196/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- This section of MS 53489 contains various writings on the history of East Africa. The title refers to an unknown publication by Macmillan, London, 1930, of which we only have five typescript leaves. Three leaves refer to the book ‘Literary History of Persia’ by E.G. Browne, and two leaves refer to the book by Freya Stark ‘The Southern Gates of Arabia’ (1936). Other typescript leaves includes general notes by the collector from various historical publications. At the end of this section, we also find a letter to Hichens from the Trade and Information Colonial Office stating Crops and Livestock statistics for the Mkalama District. ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Composition: 1930 AD (1349 A.H.)
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Extent: 37 leaves
- General Note:
- Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, 22 June 1945
- General Note:
- Incipit: Ethnography: p 33 Seqq. “ The aboriginal inhabitants of Central Africa are thought to have been a dwarf-like people, whose scattered descendants are to be found amongst the bushmen of the Kalahari desert.
- General Note:
- This section contains various, and sometimes unrelated, documents and notes on history and geography
- General Note:
- The Swahili Coast extends from Somalia down through Kenya, Tanzania and into Mozambique
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 53489 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53489c ( SOAS manuscript number )
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