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Place Lamu, Africa

1. EAP466/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1
Title:
The Manuscripts of the Riyadha Mosque of Lamu, Kenya [19th-20th centuries]
Scope & Content:
The collection contains Islamic teaching material that has been in use in the Riyadha mosque since its foundation in the late 19th century. It covers all Islamic disciplines, such as fiqh, tawhid, nahw, mantiq and Sufism. The Sufi content reflects its close connection with the Alawi tradition of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Swahili
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 series containing 144 files and 20896 photographic images

2. Mss Eur D545

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D545
Title:
Papers of Sir John Walton, India Office official 1909-46
Scope & Content:
Walton Collection: papers of Sir John Charles Walton (1885-1957), India Office official 1909-46, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India 1936-42, Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Burma 1942-46.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1946
Extent:
41 items

3. Mss Eur D724

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D724
Title:
Papers of Andrew Parke Hume, Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1927-47, and other members of the Hume family
Scope & Content:
`Hume Collection': correspondence, diaries, papers and photographs of Andrew Parke Hume (1904-65), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1927-47, including references to the Delhi Improvement Trust and the Govt of India Secretariat in wartime; of his father Col Arthur Henry Bliss Hume (1868-1960...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-1960
Extent:
182 items

4. Mss Eur D819

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D819
Title:
Robert Niven Gilchrist papers.
Scope & Content:
Eight memoranda by Robert Niven Gilchrist (1888-1972), Indian Educational Service 1910-41, Principal, India Office Political Dept 1940-48, on the political and social problems of Indians Overseas in (1) the Dominions - South Africa Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, (2) Ceylon, (3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
1 volume

5. Mss Eur E372

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E372
Title:
Papers of Sir Hugh Dow, Indian Civil Service 1910-47, Governor of Sind 1941-46, Governor of Bihar 1946-47
Scope & Content:
Dow Collection: papers of Sir Hugh Dow (1886-1978), Indian Civil Service, Bombay and Sind 1910-47, including papers as Governor of Sind 1941-46, Governor of Bihar 1946-47, British Consul-General in Jerusalem 1948-51, and Chairman, Royal Commission on East Africa 1952-54; also some papers relating...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1976
Extent:
31 items

6. Mss Eur F524

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F524
Title:
Papers of Isabella Lady Couchman (nee McMahon) (1875-1961)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Isabella Lady Couchman (nee McMahon) (1875-c1961), wife of Sir Francis Dundas Couchman (1864-1948), Under Secretary to the Government of India for Railways 1901-1905, Indian Railway Board 1915-1920, Director of Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway 1927-1941, describing aspects of her li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870-1948
Extent:
10 volumes and 14 items

7. WOMAT/AFR/BEA/209

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/BEA/209
Title:
'Mombasa (FrereTown) to Malindi, & Malindi to Lamu, Survey of Telegraph Line.' - War Office ledger. 'Surveyed & Line Constructed by - D.J. Wilson P.G.Tel: Depart.'
Scope & Content:
Shows a route along the eastern coast of East Africa Protectorate, indicating hydrology, settlements, roads and vegetation
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890-1892
Extent:

61 map sheets