Kutub wa-Maṭbūʻāt ʻAlī Muḥsin al-Barwānī wa-Atharuhā ʻalá al-Taʻrīf bi-al-Tārīkh al-ʻUmānī - Muḥammad, Ṣāliḥ Maḥrūs; al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī al-Khāmis bi-Mālīziyā: Ḥarakat al-Ṭibāʻah al-ʻUmānīyah wa-Atharuhā fī al-Tawāṣul al-Ḥaḍārī (2018) (Kuwālā Lumbūr) (Kuwālā Lumbūr : Markaz Dhākirat ʻUmān, 2018)
Shaykh ʿAlī Muḥsin al-Barwānī (1919–2006) was an Omani political leader, thinker, scholar and poet, born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania in East Africa, and among the greatest Arab political leaders of the twentieth century. He lived the concerns of the Islamic community and of Muslims generally, and of Zanzibar in particular: he led the national movement in Zanzibar and stood firm against British policies there, and was among the most prominent leaders of the Zanzibar Nationalist Party, which resisted and struggled for Zanzibar's independence in December 1963. He then stood against the bloody coup in Zanzibar, whose victims amounted to nearly a third of the island's population between killed, drowned and displaced, for which he was imprisoned more than ten years. Nor was he apart from the questions of the Islamic world, such as Palestine, on which he held considered views. This study examines his books and publications and their effect on making Omani history known.
Permanent citation identifier: MHF-PRINT2018-032.
Conference theme (in Arabic): المحور الأول: المطبوعات العُمانية في أصقاع المعمورة.
Text in Arabic; title also romanized (ALA-LC); abstract and keywords in English.
Keywords: ʿAlī Muḥsin al-Barwānī; Zanzibar; Omani history; Political writing; Twentieth century; East Africa