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Arabic Mozambique

2019, Documentos Escritos em Caracteres Arabes no Arquivo Historico de Mocambique

Translation of some of the 19th century northern Mozambican documents in Arabic script (mainly in Kiswahili and Kimwani), part of the collection of Mozambique Historical Archives in Maputo. Documents are the correspondence of northern Mozambican Muslim leaders, such as local sultans, shaykhs and mwenye, with the Portuguese administration in the context of the Portuguese colonial encroachments onto their territories following 1884-1885 Berlin Conference.