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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The Mombasa Chronicle |
Authors: | Omar, Yahya Ali Frankl, P.J.L. |
Year: | 1990 |
Periodical: | Afrika und Übersee: Sprachen, Kulturen |
Volume: | 73 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 101-128 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | manuscripts Swahili language history 1000-1999 |
Abstract: | Description of MS 373 394, 'The Mombasa Chronicle', a 14th/19th-century manuscript in 'naskh¯i' script, held in the Swahili MSS collection of the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. The transliteration and English translation of the manuscript is preceded by a brief introduction, in which the authors provide information on the manuscript's author, other comparable documents, and the manuscript's language, style and script. Notes. |