Dataset Open Access
MPRINT-ZIAR-UNGUJA UKUU KAEPWANI-003
Anne Bang;
Scott Reese
MPRINT-ZIAR-UNGUJA UKUU KAEPWANI-003
Collection of original material: Unguja Ukuu Kaepwani
First sentence in original script: بالمغيبات التي لم نفع ثم وقعت كما أخبر. و من معجزاته عليه الصلاة
First sentence in transliteration: Bi al-maghībāt allatī lam tafaʿ thumma waqaʿat kamā ʾakhbar. Wa min muʿjizātihi ʿalayhi al-ṣalāt
Description of Content: Fiqh,ʿIbādat
Modality of text: Typography
Physical Description of item: Bound Good condition. Missing first 8 pages.
Physical characteristics (folios): 56
State of completion: Incomplete
Primary Language of object: Arabic
Script of object: Arabic
Keywords: Fiqh,Ibādat
Location of original material: Unguja Ukuu Kaepwani
Collection 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.
TIFF files
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- Publication date:
- September 15, 2026
- DOI:
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- Keyword(s):
- Lamu Islamic MprinT Written artefacts CSMC UWA East Africa Arabic MPRINT-ZIAR Zanzibar
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- License (for files):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International