An Azanian Trio: Three East African Arabic Historical Documents
This book covers 3 Arabic texts and includes a translation of each 3 and a transcription of them in Arabic as well
The documents are a collection of Reer Xamar and Swahili oral history/coast history and are late 19th and early 20th century texts
The Kitab Al Zunuuj version K & L
K كتابالزنوج - originally from Somalia and belonged to the Qadi of Kismayo and later Qadi of Mogadishu Shaykh Abā Bakr bin Muḥyī ʾl-Dīn Mukarram
L كتابالزنوج - from Witu in Kenya
And the Kawkab al-durriya li-akhbār Ifrīqiya
كوكبالدرّ يةّ لاخبار افر يقية - written by Bajuni Shaykh Fāḍil bin ʿUmar al-Bawrī
In the translation the text is supplemented by other sources periodically
Some claims made are*
- Himyarite Pre Islamic construction of homes in the Swahili coast + Barawe/Mogadishu and founding these places
- Jewish Himyar Arabs founding Mogadishu with Tubba Asʿad al-Kāmil and two rabbis
- Ummayad arrival on the coast with an army and kharāj given to them by Mogadishu and Kilwa without bloodshed
- Nomination of an Ummayad Emir that ruled the coast until the ouster of the dynasty by the Abbasids
- An Abbasid delegation to the Sultans of the coast cities in 766-767 (Mogadishu, Kilwa etc) and gained new kharāj for the Abbasid Caliph
- In 804-805 there was a refusal to pay kharaj to the Caliph Harun Ar Rashid and Persian muslims would govern after being installed in every city
- Caliph Harun Ar-Rashid's son Caliph Al Mamun had to also pacify the area and collect kharāj
Keep in mind I am listing big things from all 3 manuscripts and some claims may conflict*
An Azanian Trio
An Azanian Trio offers an account of early Arab involvement in and knowledge of East African history and culture. All three manuscripts originated in East Africa and hence reflect the influence of Swahili and other local languages. They cover two millennia of South Arabian and East African...
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This book covers 3 Arabic texts and includes a translation of each 3 and a transcription of them in Arabic as well
The documents are a collection of Reer Xamar and Swahili oral history/coast history and are late 19th and early 20th century texts
The Kitab Al Zunuuj version K & L
K كتابالزنوج - originally from Somalia and belonged to the Qadi of Kismayo and later Qadi of Mogadishu Shaykh Abā Bakr bin Muḥyī ʾl-Dīn Mukarram
L كتابالزنوج - from Witu in Kenya
And the Kawkab al-durriya li-akhbār Ifrīqiya
كوكبالدرّ يةّ لاخبار افر يقية - written by Bajuni Shaykh Fāḍil bin ʿUmar al-Bawrī
In the translation the text is supplemented by other sources periodically
Some claims made are*
- Himyarite Pre Islamic construction of homes in the Swahili coast + Barawe/Mogadishu and founding these places
- Jewish Himyar Arabs founding Mogadishu with Tubba Asʿad al-Kāmil and two rabbis
- Ummayad arrival on the coast with an army and kharāj given to them by Mogadishu and Kilwa without bloodshed
- Nomination of an Ummayad Emir that ruled the coast until the ouster of the dynasty by the Abbasids
- An Abbasid delegation to the Sultans of the coast cities in 766-767 (Mogadishu, Kilwa etc) and gained new kharāj for the Abbasid Caliph
- In 804-805 there was a refusal to pay kharaj to the Caliph Harun Ar Rashid and Persian muslims would govern after being installed in every city
- Caliph Harun Ar-Rashid's son Caliph Al Mamun had to also pacify the area and collect kharāj
Keep in mind I am listing big things from all 3 manuscripts and some claims may conflict*
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