MPRINT-ZIAR-HAC-171

And there is a stamp mark: Ḥasan ʿAmīr al-Shīrāzī, bi Zanjibār. MPRINT-ZIAR-HAC-171b General Ref/Shelf Mark : MPRINT-ZIAR-HAC-171b Title in original script : رحلة الاشواق القوية الى مواطن السادة العلوية Title in transliteration : Riḥlat al-ashwāq al-qawiyya ʾilā mawāṭin al-sāda al-ʿalawiyya Author-Original Script : عبد الله بن محمد باكثير الكندي Author-Latin Script : ʿAbdAllāh bin muḥammad bā kathīr al-kindī Collection of original material : Hassan bin Ameir Collection Owner/Custodian : Al-Madrasat Hassania Mtegani Makunduchi Historical Owner : Hassan bin Ameir Description of Content : Riḥla Modality of text : Typography Year of copy CE : 1939 Year of copy AH : 1358 Physical Description of item : Printed book bound in carton.

Insect damage Physical characteristics height (cm) : 27.6 Physical characteristics width (cm) : 19.7 Physical characteristics (folios) : 162 State of completion : Complete Primary Language of object : Arabic Script of object : Arabic Keywords : Riḥla, Travel account Location of original material : Makunduchi,Zanzibar Publisher : Maṭbaʿa al-ʿAlūm Publisher Original Script : مطبعة العلوم Publisher address : شارع الخليج Comments : There is a note on the first page saying that this travel (book) is from ʿAmīr bin ḥāj bin ʿUmar al-shīrāzī to Ḥasan bin ʿAmīr al-shīrāzī.

The frontpiece provides a street address but not a city, however, it is likely this was printed in Cairo. Contains a citation of the Zanzibari notables who supported this printing. 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.

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