The Pate chronicle : edited and translated from MSS 177, 321, 344, and 358 of the Library of the University of Dar es Salaam / by Marina Tolmacheva ; and reproducing the versions published by C.H. Stigand Alice Werner, M. Heepe and Alfred Voeltzkow ; edited and partially translated by Marina Tolmacheva with the assistance of Dagmar Weiler.

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...

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Other Authors: Tolmacheva, Marina, Stigand, C. H. (Chauncy Hugh), 1877-1919, Weiler, Dagmar, Heepe, M., Voeltzkow, Alfred, 1860-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Swahili
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1993.
Series:African historical sources ; no. 4.
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Table of 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.
  • 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.