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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000425/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Letter from Abd bin Nasor (MS 47769h)
- Series Title:
- Taylor Papers : Swahili letters to W.E. Taylor
- Creator:
- Abd bin Nasor ( Author, Primary )
- Publication Date:
- 1895 AD (1312 A.H.)
- Language:
- Swahili
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Handwritten manuscript : Old handwritten page collated into a larger page and bound in a book with red and gold cover.
Notes
- Abstract:
- The letter, dated AD 1895 (AH 1312), is written with almost unintelligible handwriting and it is difficult to read. It is addressed to Mwana Mkubwa wa Ngomeni but we do not have further information about this lady. All we know is that Taylor lived in Ngomeni. ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Composition: 1895 AD (1312 A.H.)
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
- General Note:
- Dialects: KiMvita
- General Note:
- Extent: 1 leaf
- General Note:
- Incipit: Wa baadu nakuarifu hali yangu njema thamma nawee kadhalika l-afya
- General Note:
- Archival history: The letters were collated into the present volume by Hichens
- General Note:
- Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, 14 June 1945
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
- General Note:
- 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 47769h ( SOAS manuscript number )
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