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024 7    |a MS 53489 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 53489c |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Handbook of Tanganyika Territory and Other documents (MS 53489c) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c 1930 AD (1349 A.H.).
490        |a Hichens Collection : Scrapbook on East African History and Geography.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1930 AD (1349 A.H.)
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
500        |a Extent: 37 leaves
500        |a Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, 22 June 1945
500        |a 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.
500        |a This section contains various, and sometimes unrelated, documents and notes on history and geography
500        |a The Swahili Coast extends from Somalia down through Kenya, Tanzania and into Mozambique
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a 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.
533        |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.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650    0 |a Africa, East -- History.
650        |a East Africa -- History.
650        |a Afrika, Mashariki - Historia.
655    7 |a Essays |2 LCGFT
700        |a [s.n.]. |4 cre
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a William Hichens Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000196/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/01/96/00001/00_likelyPUBLICdomainthm.jpg
997        |a African Collections


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