The history of the Mazruʻi dynasty of Mombasa / by Shaykh Al-Amin Bin ʻAli Al Mazruʻi ; translated and annotated by J. McL. Ritchie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Fontes historiae Africanae. Series Arabica ; ; 9.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, ©1995.Description: x, 182, [76] pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0197261582
  • 9780197261583
Uniform titles:
  • Tārīkh al-Mazāriʻah. English & Arabic
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: History of the Mazruʻi dynasty of Mombasa.; Online version:: History of the Mazruʻi dynasty of Mombasa.DDC classification:
  • 967.62/3 21
LOC classification:
  • DT434.M7 M39 1995
Other classification:
  • 15.80
  • NK 1070
  • NK 4375
Contents:
A Note on the Transliteration of Arabic Words and Names followed in this Edition -- A Biographical Sketch of the Author by the Chief Qadi of Kenya, Shaykh Muhammad b. Qasim Al- Mazrui -- The Mazrui State of Mombasa -- its Historical Background and Context -- The Author's Treatment of his Subject -- A Note on the Alignment of Parties among the Swahili Population of Mombasa -- The Genealogies of the Mazaria -- The Home of the Mazaria in Uman -- Their Emigration to the Swahili Coast -- The Dominion of the Mazaria -- The Independence of the Mazaria -- Were the Mazaria Enemies of the British? -- The Mazaria Liwalis -- their Periods of Rule and the Events of their Reigns. 1. The First Liwali -- Nasir b. Abdullah. 2. The Second Liwali -- Muhammad b. Uthman. 3. The Third Liwali -- Ali b. Uthman. 4. The Fourth Liwali -- Masud b. Nasir. 5. The Fifth Liwali -- Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Uthman. 6. The Sixth Liwali -- Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Uthman.
Production credits:
  • At head of title: Union académique internationale.
Summary: This history of the Mazrui family, who ruled Mombasa for more than 100 years up to 1837, is published here in an English translation, together with the original Arabic text.Summary: It was written by the late Shaykh Al-Amin bin Ali Al Mazrui, formerly Chief Qadhi of Kenya Colony, and embodies the oral Mazrui family tradition, which stretches back beyond the evidence of English documents to the late seventeenth century. The text sheds light on a period of rapid change during the eighteenth century, and is further enhanced by James Ritchie's invaluable comments, maps, genealogies and chronological tables.Summary: The volume reveals important links between Arabic and KiSwahili culture, and will be welcomed by historians of East Africa and the Middle East.
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library STACKS DT434.M7 M39 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V. Copy 1 Available 197013454

Includes the original Arabic text.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.

A Note on the Transliteration of Arabic Words and Names followed in this Edition -- A Biographical Sketch of the Author by the Chief Qadi of Kenya, Shaykh Muhammad b. Qasim Al- Mazrui -- The Mazrui State of Mombasa -- its Historical Background and Context -- The Author's Treatment of his Subject -- A Note on the Alignment of Parties among the Swahili Population of Mombasa -- The Genealogies of the Mazaria -- The Home of the Mazaria in Uman -- Their Emigration to the Swahili Coast -- The Dominion of the Mazaria -- The Independence of the Mazaria -- Were the Mazaria Enemies of the British? -- The Mazaria Liwalis -- their Periods of Rule and the Events of their Reigns. 1. The First Liwali -- Nasir b. Abdullah. 2. The Second Liwali -- Muhammad b. Uthman. 3. The Third Liwali -- Ali b. Uthman. 4. The Fourth Liwali -- Masud b. Nasir. 5. The Fifth Liwali -- Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Uthman. 6. The Sixth Liwali -- Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Uthman.

This history of the Mazrui family, who ruled Mombasa for more than 100 years up to 1837, is published here in an English translation, together with the original Arabic text.

It was written by the late Shaykh Al-Amin bin Ali Al Mazrui, formerly Chief Qadhi of Kenya Colony, and embodies the oral Mazrui family tradition, which stretches back beyond the evidence of English documents to the late seventeenth century. The text sheds light on a period of rapid change during the eighteenth century, and is further enhanced by James Ritchie's invaluable comments, maps, genealogies and chronological tables.

The volume reveals important links between Arabic and KiSwahili culture, and will be welcomed by historians of East Africa and the Middle East.

At head of title: Union académique internationale.