The history of the Mazruʻi dynasty of Mombasa / by Shaykh Al-Amin Bin ʻAli Al Mazruʻi ; translated and annotated by J. McL. Ritchie.
Material type: TextLanguage: 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
- unmediated
- volume
- 0197261582
- 9780197261583
- Tārīkh al-Mazāriʻah. English & Arabic
- Mazrui family
- Mombasa (Kenya) -- Politics and government
- Mombasa (Kenya) -- History
- Mombasa (Kenya) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
- Mazrui family
- Kings and rulers
- Politics and government
- Kenya -- Mombasa
- Mombasa
- Mombasa (Kenya) -- History
- Rois et souverains -- Biographies -- Kenya -- Mombasa
- 1700-1800
- 1800-1850
- Rulers
- Kenya
- 967.62/3 21
- DT434.M7 M39 1995
- 15.80
- NK 1070
- NK 4375
- At head of title: Union académique internationale.
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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.