Dawr al-Sulṭān "Barghash ibn Saʻīd" fī al-Ḥarakah al-ʻIlmīyah wa-al-Thaqāfīyah li-Zanjibār: Inshāʼ al-Maṭbaʻah al-Sulṭānīyah Namūdhajan - Bāqī, Nāṣir al-Dīn; 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)
This study brings out the role of Sultan Barghash ibn Saʿīd, sultan of Zanzibar, in the scholarly and cultural movement of the island during its subjection to the Sultanate of Oman. His travels to the regions of the earth led him to carry to Zanzibar the art of printing, which contributed substantially to the cultural scene and established a modern scholarly system keeping pace with the developments of that period. Although most of what was printed was confined to the religious side, it nevertheless contributed to strengthening belief among Zanzibaris and enriched the holdings of the Muslim scholars who chose to remain on the island, while allowing them to contribute to the spreading of their ideas. The study examines the founding of the Sultanic Press as the exemplary case of this contribution and its effects on scholarship and culture in Zanzibar.
Permanent citation identifier: MHF-PRINT2018-009.
Conference theme (in Arabic): المحور الثاني: المطابع العُمانية وجهود المؤسسات والأفراد.
Text in Arabic; title also romanized (ALA-LC); abstract and keywords in English.
Keywords: Sultan Barghash; Zanzibar; Sultanic Press; Printing history; Cultural movement; East Africa