The Old German Consulate in British East Africa: A Mombasa Mansion and Its Carved Door

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Titre

The Old German Consulate in British East Africa: A Mombasa Mansion and Its Carved Door

Créateur

Frankl, P.J.L. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2003

Dans

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

Mombasa and the entire Swahili coast of EasternAfrica have long had historical and cultural links with the rest of the Indian Ocean region, and this article reflects those links. The mansion in question is a nineteenth century house situated between the Portuguese-built fort and what is now the Old Port. Over the past century the house has hadfour owners, three of them Muslim.The first was a gentleman from Oman, who almost certainly built the house and commissioned the carved door. The second was Tharia Topan,an Isma'ili from Gujarat, who accumulated vast wealth. The third was a Parsi firm originating in Bombay; it was towards the end of the period that this structure became dilapidated and that,probably, the two original leaves of the carved door were removed. Shaykh Mbarak 'Ali Hinawy,the fourth owner, restored both the house and its carved door.

Sujet

Zanzibar Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Langue

eng

volume

30

numéro

2

pages

137-153

Frankl, P.J.L., “The Old German Consulate in British East Africa: A Mombasa Mansion and Its Carved Door”, 2003, bibliographie, consulté le 18 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/9285