Letters from Omar b. Na’man b. Muhammad BaShaykh (MS 47769d)
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Title:
Letters from Omar b. Na’man b. Muhammad BaShaykh (MS 47769d)
Series Title:
Taylor Papers : Swahili letters to W.E. Taylor
Creator:
Omar bin Na’man bin Muhammad BaShaykh ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Old handwritten pages collated into a larger page and bound in a book with red and gold cover.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa, East ( LCSH )
East Africa
Islam ( LCSH )
Religious practice
Tropical illness
Uislamu
Mazoezi ya kidini
Islam -- Customs and practices ( LCSH )
Tropical Medicine ( LCSH )
Genre:
Letter
Correspondence ( LCTGM )
Personal correspondence ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Coast Province -- Eastern Africa -- Mtanganyiko District
Coordinates:
-3.58333 x 39.76667

Notes

Abstract:
In this section of MS 47769 there are two letters by Omar b. Naman b. Muhammad BaShaikh to Rev. Taylor. The first letter is dated AD1893 (AH 1311) whereas the second one is not dated. Omar was in Mtanganyiko when he wrote the letter, and he tells Taylor of the ‘dengue fever’ ‘kidinaga p’opo’ he suffered from, as well as about the BaShaikh Mosque, formerly the Kilindini Mosque, that was renovated and enlarged by Omar’s father. The BaShaikh is a well-known and wealthy family from Mombasa who have been present on the coast for many generations, owning orchard tree plantations. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: The author of the letters was a member of a well-known and wealthy family from Mombasa that have for generations intermarried with the miji mitatu, the local people of Mombasa. We do not have further biographical information.
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Date of Composition: 1883 AD (1300 A.H.)
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: KiMvita
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Extent: 2 leaves
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Incipit: Amma ba’du muhibu wako yuko Mtanganyiko nami nilikuwa nakidega babu sasa sijambo
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Archival history: The letters were collated into the present volume by Hichens
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Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, 14 June 1945
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Coast Province -- Mtanganyiko District
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
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Publication information: Yahya, A Omar & Frankl, P. 1994. Swahili Letters from the Taylor papers (being a study of SOAS MS 47769 & MS 47782). in South African Journal of African Languages, 14 (1), pp. 2-11.
General Note:
Publication information: Yahya, A Omar & Frankl, P. 2001. 14th/19th century Swahili letters from the Taylor papers (Part 3: being fifteen items in SOAS MS 53826). in South African Journal of African Languages, 15 (1), pp. 17-24

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 47769 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 47769d ( SOAS manuscript number )