Kitab al-Sulwa fi Akhbar Kulwa (MS 53501a)
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Title:
Kitab al-Sulwa fi Akhbar Kulwa (MS 53501a)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection :
Creator:
[s.n.]
Walker, John ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : In black type, with corrections and notes in ink and pencil; accompanying the typescript is a brown envelope bearing the note ‘Mr J. Walker’s (Brit. Museum) translation of Kilwa Chronicle: to be returned to him after copying’

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Genre:
Essays ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Coordinates:
-8.96 x 39.5128

Notes

Abstract:
This manuscript consists of two incomplete typescripts of 25 and 24 leaves. The first contains an insert absent from the second and is marked with corrections in ink; Otherwise they appear to be identical. The table of contents accompanying each outlines ten chapters of the Kitab as-Sulwa, but the typescripts break off in the seventh chapter and, prior to that, suffer from apparent omissions. The Kitab narrates the founding of Kilwa and the rule of successive sultans. An envelope accompanying the typescripts indicates that they probably represent a translation by John Walker, who was a numismatist at the British Museum, of the Kitab as-Salwa fi Akhbar Kilwa, also known as the Kilwa Chronicle. Scholars who discuss the ‘Kitab’ include S. Arthur Strong (1895), John Walker (1936) and H.N. Chittick (1974). Strong’s 1895 publication includes the Kitab in Arabic. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition: circa 1524? AD (circa 930? A.H.)
General Note:
Languages: English (Roman script)
General Note:
Extent: 2 typescripts, of 24 leaves and 24 leaves plus insert
General Note:
Incipit: Chapter I: Concerning the first one to reach Kilwa and to found it
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
General Note:
Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
General Note:
Publication information: Chittick, Neville. 1974. Kilwa: An Islamic Trading City on the East African Coast. Nairobi: The British Institute in Eastern Africa; especially vol. 1, chapter 3.
General Note:
Publication information: Strong, S.J. 1895. History of Kilwa. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society ?? (??): 385-430.
General Note:
Publication information: Walker, John. 1936. The history and coinage of the sultans of Kilwa. Reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle, fifth series, vol. 16. London (?): Royal Numismatic Society (?)

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 53501 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53501a ( SOAS manuscript number )