The Pate Chronicle: edited and translated from MSS 177, 321, 344, and 358 of the Library of the University of Dar es Salaam

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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viii NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY x MAPS XlI 1. The East African Coast 2. The Lamu Archipelago 3. Manuscript Map of Pate GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 TRANSCRIPTS AND TRANSLATIONS ANCIENT HISTORY FROM SWAHILI SOURCES by C.H. Stigand 31 Translation 37 A SWAHILI HISTORY OF PATE by Alice Werner 129 Transcription 135 Translation 168 v vi SWAHILI CHRONICLE OF PATE by M. Heepe Transcription Translation HISTORY OF THE WITU ISLANDS by Alfred Voeltzkow Translation MS 177 AKRBAR PATER Transcription Translation MS 321 AKRBAR PATER Transcription Translation MS 344 RIWAYA TAWARIKR Z4 PATER Transcription Translation MS 358 AKRBAR PATER Transcription Translation 195 201 224 251 273 277 296 323 327 345 369 371 391 417 419 438 Vll APPENDICES 463 1. Manuscript Genealogical Chart 2. MS 309 (Translation) 3. Sultans of Pate 4. Genealogical Table of the Rulers of Witu 5. Chronology of the Rulers of Witu 6. Genealogy of the Nabhani Rulers of Pate 7. Chronology of the Nabhani Rulers of Pate 8. Imams and Seyyids of Oman SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 493 ARABIC-SWAIllLI TEXTS MS M (Ki-Mvita) Khabari ya-awwali ya-Nabhlinr 500 MS A (Ki-Amu) Khabiiri ya-awali ya-Nabhiinr 508 MS 177 Akhbiir Pateh 527 MS 321 Akhbar Pateh 549 MS 344 Riwiiyah TawiinKh za Pateh 565 MS 358 Akhbiir Pateh 583 ...