MPRINT-ZIAR-HAC-022

MPRINT-ZIAR-HAC-022 General Ref/Shelf Mark : MPRINT-ZIAR-HAC-022 Title in original script : مدارج العلا شرح تبارك ذو العلا Title in transliteration : Madārij al-ʿalā sharḥ tabārak dhū al-ʿalā Author-Original Script : ابي المبارك حسن بن عمير الشيرازي Author-Latin Script : ʾAbī al-Mubārak Ḥasan bin ʿUmair al-Shīrāzī Collection of original material : Hassan bin Ameir Collection Owner/Custodian : Al-Madrasat Hassania Mtegani Makunduchi Historical Owner : Hassan bin Ameir Description of Content : Duʾa,Dhikr Modality of text : Typography Year of copy CE : 1962 Year of copy AH : 1382 Physical Description of item : Printed book bound in carton Physical characteristics (folios) : 173 State of completion : Complete Primary Language of object : Arabic Script of object : Arabic Keywords : Duʾa,Dhikr Location of original material : Makunduchi,Zanzibar 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.