Where is the chronicles of mogadihsu

[Midas]

Manuscript collections has zero to do with aristocratic or urbanized elites or cohesive identity. Most manuscripts by default are in private hands , excluding the few state commissioned texts or the Qadi produced records . Most manuscripts in Yemen and Oman for examples are in private hands and a large number of them are unreachable. Same for the Horn.

That's why they relied on people voluntarily donating them before the civil war. Can't really ask to hand over peoples personal/private property for the sake of collecting historical material.



@Shimbiris take a look at this photo/caption. Interesting stuff.

I meant more in the sense that the more urbanizzed the more demand and need for reading material. Plus all of the great massive literary/art productions were financed by an interested elite .