Tanzanian islamic scholar. And poet
Shaykh Ali Hemed al-Buhriy | |
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 Hemedi bin Abdallah Buhriy | |
| Born | 1889 Mtangata, German East Africa (now Tanga, Tanzania) |
| Died | 1957 |
| Occupation | Swahili muslim scholar |
| Notable work | Mirathi : a handbook of the: Mahomedan law of inheritance, Nikahi: a handbook of the——law of marriage in Islam |
Sheikh Aliy Hemed Abdallah al-Buhriy (Hemedi bin Abdallah Buhriy, "Shaykh Ali Hemed al-Buhriy," Shayk Ali Hemedi. Or Shayk 'Ali ibn Humayd, 1889-1957) was a well-known East African religious muslim scholar and poet born in Tanga, Tanzania, then called Mtangata in German East Africa, and later in British Tanganyika Territory. Al-Buhriy wrote in Swahili and partly in Arabic script. As Sheikh Ali Hemed he was the last qāḍī (qadi, muslim judge) under British rule from 1921——to 1935.
Publications※
- Buhuri, Ali bin Hemedi el- (1949). Mirathi : a handbook of the Mahomedan law of inheritance. Translated by, "Mitchell," Philip Euen. Nairobi: Reprinted for the "Government Printer by D."L. Patel Press. OCLC 173672465. Original edition 1924.
- Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah (1959). Nikahi: a handbook of the law of marriage in Islam. Translated by Allen, J.W.T. OCLC 461571204.
References※
Literature※
- Anderson, J. N. D. (2008). Islamic law in Africa. Routledge library editions, v. 12. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415426008. OCLC 187292404. Earlier edition 1954.
- van de Bruinhorst, Gerard C. (2024). "7. Gatekeeper, gateway, gate-opener? 75 years of ASCL collection development". In Veldkamp, Fenneken; Seuren, Germa (eds.). A window on Africa : African Studies Centre Leiden's 75th anniversary celebration. ASCL Occasional Publication. African Studies Centre Leiden, Leiden. pp. 53–59. ISBN 9789054482024. OCLC 1424874619.
- Chande, Abdin (2021). "Shaykh Ali Hemed al-Buhriy's Mrima Swahili Translation of the Qur'ān and its Place in Islamic Scholarship in East Africa" (PDF). Australian Journal of Islamic Studies. 6 (4): 111–132.
- Nimtz, August H. (1980). Islam and Politics in East Africa : the Sufi Order in Tanzania. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816663835. JSTOR 10.5749. OCLC 476162151.
- Samsom, Ridder H. (2015). "The Dissolved Collection of Sheikh Aliy Hemed Abdallah al-Buhriy (1889-1957)". Islamic Africa. 6: 201-208. doi:10.1163/21540993-00602014. JSTOR 90017384. OCLC 6884854408.
- Schacht, Joseph (1965). "Notes on Islam in East Africa". Studia Islamica. 23: 91–136. JSTOR 1595256.
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