September 15, 2026 Dataset Open Access

Anne Bang; Scott Reese

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  <dc:creator>Anne Bang</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Scott Reese</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2026-09-15</dc:date>
  <dc:description>MPRINT-ZIAR-STONETOWN-012General Ref/Shelf Mark: MPRINT-ZIAR-STONETOWN-012Title in original script: اعانة الطالبين على حل ألفاظ فتح المعين، الجزء الأول Title in transliteration: ʾiʿānat al-ṭālibīn ʿalā ḥalli ʾalfāẓi fatḥ al-muʿīn, al- juzʾ al-ʾawwalAuthor-Original Script: السيد أبى بكر المشهور بالسيد البكرى ابن العارف بالله السيد محمد شطا الدمياطىAuthor-Latin Script: al-Sayyid ʾAbī Bakr al-Mashhūr bi Sayyid al-Bakrī ʾibn al-ʿĀrif billah al-Sayyid Muḥammad Shaṭā al-DimyāṭīCollection of original material: StonetownOwner/Custodian: Mustafa al-IqbālDescription of Content: FiqhModality of text: TypographyYear of copy CE: 1881Year of copy AH: 1299Number of volumes: 1Physical Description of item: unbound. Its papers are in good conditionPhysical characteristics height (cm): 27.5Physical characteristics width (cm): 19.5Physical characteristics (folios): 256State of completion: IncompletePrimary Language of object: ArabicScript of object: ArabicKeywords: Fiqh Location of original material: Stonetown,ZanzibarPublisher: Maṭbaʿa Dār ʾIḥyāʿ al-Kutub al-ʿArabiyyaPublisher Original Script: مطبعة دار احياء الكتب العربيةCollection description

The Hasan bin Ameir Collection (HAC) was created by digitizing materials from the library of books belonging to Ḥasan bin ʿAmīr al-Shirāzī (d.1979). Located in the Madrasat Hassania Mtegani Makunduchi in Makunduchi, Zanzibar, the library was established by his students after his death. Hasan bin Ameir was one of the most prominent scholars, teachers, and Muslim writers of his era as well as a Qādiriyya shaykh and activist. These traits are reflected in the variety of books in his library. The collection includes 192 Arabic-Islamic books from various printing houses around the world. Almost all contain ownership notes written in Ḥasan bin Ameir's own hand on the inside cover, explaining how and when he acquired each. In terms of genre, most of the books focus on fiqh. 
Several other series of images were created by ZIAR. These include MPRINT-ZIAR-FIC, MPRINT-ZIAR-Kajwenga; MPRINT-ZIAR-Kibuteni; MPRINT-ZIAR-Ndijani; MPRINT-ZIAR-Pemba; MPRINT-ZIAR-Stonetown; and MPRINT-ZIAR-UNGUJA UKUU KAEPWANI. These constitute other small collections belonging to various families and caretakers but grouped by geographic location. 
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  <dc:relation>doi:10.25592/uhhfdm.21535</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:rights>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode</dc:rights>
  <dc:subject>Lamu</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Islamic</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>MprinT</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Written artefacts</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>CSMC</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>UWA</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>East Africa</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Arabic</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>MPRINT-ZIAR</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Zanzibar</dc:subject>
  <dc:title>MPRINT-ZIAR-STONETOWN-012</dc:title>
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