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024 7    |a MS 47769 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 47769e |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Letter from Mbarak bin ‘Aqil (MS 47769e) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c 1893 AD (1311 A.H.).
490        |a Taylor Papers : Swahili letters to W.E. Taylor.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1893 AD (1311 A.H.)
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
500        |a Dialects: KiMvita
500        |a Extent: 1 leaf
500        |a Incipit: Amma ba’du na kuarifu na kualika kwa ihsani yako uje sharute katika karamu
500        |a Archival history: The letters were collated into the present volume by Hichens
500        |a Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, 14 June 1945
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
500        |a 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.
500        |a 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
506        |a This item is believed to be in the public domain
520 3    |a In this short letter Mbarak bin Aqil invites Taylor to attend a karamu, a festival with celebrations, at the kiunga-ni, an orchard plantation on the outskirts of the town where wealthy people go for holiday and celebrations. The owner has called his kiunga-ni Dar-es-Salaam (place/town of peace).
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.
650        |a East Africa.
650        |a Traditional feast.
650        |a Celebrations.
650    0 |a Festivals.
650    0 |a Fasts and feasts.
655    4 |a Letter.
655    7 |a Correspondence |2 LCTGM
655    7 |a Personal correspondence |2 LCGFT
700        |a bin ‘Aqil, Mbarak, |e author, primary.
752        |a Kenya |b Mombasa County |d Mombasa.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Kenya Collection.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a W. E. Taylor Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000422/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/04/22/00001/00_ToBeScannedthm.jpg
997        |a African Collections


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