Kirk, John, Sir, Knight (consul general at Zanzibar)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1832 - 1922
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Material relating to the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'; with a translation and notes by John Kirk, and associated correspondence., 1894, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.9942/19
Scope and Contents
Including the 'Arab History of Kilwa'; 'Rough translation of History of Kiloa': notes and comments by Kirk on an Arabic manuscript, with a rough translation. With a letter to Kirk from H.J. Goldsmid, 13 December 1894.
The manuscript History was originally written in the 16th century. Kirk acquired an abstract by the scribe Sheikh Muhui-'l-Din ibn Sheikh 'Abdullah al Khantani and deposited it in the British Museum in 1895.
Dates:
1894, undated.
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