| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 607 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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African historical sources ; 4 |
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African historical sources ; no. 4.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; Maps; 1. The East African Coast; 2. The Lamu Archipelago; 3. Manuscript Map of Pate; General Introduction; Transcripts and Translations; Ancient History From Swahili Sources; Translation; A Swahili History of Pate; Transcription; Translation; Swahili Chronicle of Pate; Transcription; Translation; History of the Witu Islands; Translation; MS 177 Akhbar Pateh; Transcription; Translation; MS 321 Akhbar Pateh; Transcription; Translation; MS 344 RIWAYA TAWARIKH ZA PATEH; Transcription; Translation; MS 358 Akhbar Pateh; Transcription; Translation |
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Appendices1. Manuscript Genealogical Chart; 2. MS 309 (Translation); 3. Sultans of Pate; 4. Genealogical Table of the Rulers of Witu; 5. Chronology of the Rulers of Witu; 6. Genealogy of the Nabhani Rulers of Pate; 7. Chronology of the Nabhani Rulers of Pate; 8. Imams and Seyyids of Oman; Selected Bibliography; Arabic-Swahili Texts; MS M (Ki-Mvita) Khabari ya-awwali ya-Nabhani; MS A (Ki-Amu) Khabari ya-awali ya-Nabhani; MS 177 Akhbar Pateh; MS 321 Akhbar Pateh; MS 344 Riwayah Tawarikh za Pateh; MS 358 Akhbar Pateh |
| Summary |
In late October 1890, a British force led by Admiral Fremantle assaulted and subdued the East African town of Witu, the mainland capital of the Nabahani rulers of Pate; five years later, the entire region and the adjacent coastal islands came under British administration. One of the great tragedies suffered as a result of Admiral Fremantle's initial attack was the loss of the original manuscript of the history of Pate, The Book of the Kings of Pate. This historical work in its various forms is representative of a living historical tradition developed in the coastal city-sta |
| Analysis |
Lamu (Kenya) History Sources |
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Pate (Kenya) History Sources |
| Notes |
Includes texts in Arabic and Swahili |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-498) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- General.
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Swahili (volk)
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| SUBJECT |
Pate (Kenya) -- History -- Sources
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Lamu (Kenya) -- History -- Sources
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| Subject |
Kenya -- Lamu
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Kenya -- Pate
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tolmacheva, Marina
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Stigand, C. H. (Chauncy Hugh), 1877-1919.
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Weiler, Dagmar
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Heepe, M
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Voeltzkow, Alfred, 1860-
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| LC no. |
93012769 |
| ISBN |
9781609173029 |
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1609173023 |
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