Item Reference:
S/38
Collection:
Whiteley Collection
File Reference:
PP MS 42. S/38-S/48
Title:
Tippu Tip
First lines of manuscript:
I am sending herewith, as promise, a dossier containing papers relating to Tippu Tip from the Zanzibar Archives.
Scribe:
AD Date:
1957
AD date of composition:
1889-1895
AH Date:
1377
AH date of composition:
1306-1312
Extent:
53 leaves
Resource Type:
Essay
Poetic Form:
Format:
Typescript
Language:
Various
Script:
Roman
Relevant Dialects:
Kiunkuja
Subject and keywords:
East Africa history, Central Africa history, slavery, slave trade, explorers, Belgian colonialism, German colonialism, British colonialism, correspondence
People:
Stanley, Emin Pasha, Sefu bin Hamed bin Muhammed el Murjebi
Biographical history:
Hamed bin Muhammed el Murjebi, known as Tippu Tipp, was a slave trader from Zanzibar who traded between East and Central Africa at the end of 19th century. He was a very powerful man who was befriended by many Europeans explorers. For more on his life see publications listed below.
Archival history:
None
Physical characteristics:
None
Electronic reproductions:
None
Existence/location of copies:
None
Finding aids:
Relevant publications:
Tippu Tipp. 1957. Maisha ya Hamed bin Muhammed el Murjebi yaani Tippu Tip : kwa maneno yake mwenyewe. Imprint held in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Renault, F. 1987. Tippo Tip : un potentat arabe en Afrique centrale au XIXe siecle. L'Harmattan, Paris.
Kimena Kekwakwa Kinenge. 1979. Tippo Tip, traitant et sultan du Manyema. Centre de recherches peagogiques, Kinshasa.
Notes:
Scope and content:
This envelope contains material relating to the famous Zanzibari slave trader Tippu Tip. The material, dating between 1890 and 1895, was sent to Whiteley from Sir R Gray who found it in the Zanzibar Archives.
Some material was written by Tippu Tip himself where he describes his raiding travels to Central Africa by means of correspondence to various Europeans, including the explorers Stanley and Livingston, and to Zanzibari slave traders.
Description
Location:
None
Places:
Zanzibar, Stanley Falls (Victoria falls), Congo (Zaire)
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