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An Azanian trio : three East African Arabic historical documents / translated and edited by James McL. Ritchie, Sigvard von Sicard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bawrī, Fāḍil bin ʻUmar, -1913, author.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swahili-speaking peoples--History--Sources.
- Swahili-speaking peoples.
- Manuscripts, Arabic--Indian Coast (Africa)--History and criticism.
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Manuscripts, Arabic--Africa, Eastern--History and criticism.
- Manuscripts, Arabic--Indian Coast (Africa)--Translations into English.
- Manuscripts, Arabic--Africa, Eastern--Translations into English.
- History.
- Indian Coast (Africa)--History--Sources.
- Indian Coast (Africa).
- Africa, Eastern--History--Sources.
- Africa, Eastern.
- Arabia, Southern--History--Sources.
- Arabia, Southern.
- Southern Arabia.
- Eastern Africa.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 312)
- Other Title:
- كتاب الزنوج.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
- Language Note:
- English and Arabic with English translation.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction.
- Overview.
- Authorship
- The dating of the MSS
- The place of origin of the texts
- The language of the texts
- The differing attitudes or view-points of the writers
- The purpose of the documents
- The sources used by the author of the Kawkab
- His style and treatment of his subject
- How far are the three manuscripts credible?
- English translation of the manuscripts
- Kitāb al-Zunūj (K)
- Kitāb al-Zunūj (L)
- Kawkab al-durriya li-akhbār Ifrīqiya
- Appendix 1. Kawkab al-durriya-marginal notes
- Appendix 2. Swahilisms in the Arabic text and other peculiarities
- Appendix 3. Comets listed for late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Appendix 4. Quatrain : a Swahili quatrain in Arabic script
- Appendix 5. Chole-Juli
- Appendix 6. Vasco da Gama's first visit
- Appendix 7. Chronology-Timeline.
- Notes:
- The first two texts were originally published in: Cerulli, Enrico. Somalia : scritti vari editi ed inediti, volume 1 (Rome : Istituto poligrafico dello Stato P.V., 1957).
- The author of the third text is identified as Fāḍil bin ʻUmar al-Bawrī (d. 1913).
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 16, 2020).
- Contains:
- Bawrī, Fāḍil bin ʻUmar, -1913. Kawkab al-durriyah li-akhbār Ifrīqiyah. English
- Kitāb al-Zunūj.
- بوري، فاضل بن عمر. كوكب الدرية لاخبار إفريقيا. Kawkab al-durriyah li-akhbār Ifrīqiyah. English.
- كتاب الزنوج.
- Other Format:
- Print version: An Azanian trio
- ISBN:
- 9004258604
- 9789004258600
- Publisher Number:
- 99984166375
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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