Lamu Ghosts and Devils and a Note on a Mosque (MS 53829g)
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Material Information

Title:
Lamu Ghosts and Devils and a Note on a Mosque (MS 53829g)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection :
Creator:
Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1927 ( Author, Primary )
Reddie, C. W. ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : In black, single-spaced type on thin paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa, East ( LCSH )
East Africa
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Colonialism
Imperialism ( LCSH )
Oral history ( LCSH )
Religion ( LCSH )
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Genre:
Notes
Records (Documents) ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
J.D. Clive writes of spirits that are believed to haunt Lamu. C. W. Reddie writes of a mosque at Kipini that has a design known to be ‘universal in Persia’; in the building, a wall divides separate mosques for men and women. N.B. C.W. Reddie may be C.S. Reddie whose arrival, together with Mr. A. Marsden, at Lamu in Kenya is noted in the Official Gazettee in March 1901. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
General Note:
Languages: English (Roman script)
General Note:
Extent: 1 leaf
General Note:
Incipit: This district is well populated by sheitani generally, but two kinds are, I think, peculiar to it.
General Note:
Purchased from Kegan Paul, 26 November 1948
General Note:
C.W. Reddie may be C.S. Reddie whose arrival, together with Mr. A. Marsden, at Lamu in Kenya is noted in the Official Gazettee in March 1901.
General Note:
Captain John Horace Clive (Official Gazette, 7 September 1921) sitting as Assistant Resident Commissioner passed his Law Examination, and (Official Gazette, 27 October 1926) was appointed to be Assistant District Commissioner, Fort Hall, with effect from 3 October 1926
General Note:
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 53829 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53829g ( SOAS manuscript number )