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Title The Imam of Simonstown and his diary (1904-1928)
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12200
Date 2011
Author(s) Davids, M Ardiel
Contributor(s) Tayob, Abdulkader
Abstract Includes abstract. - Includes bibliographical references. - This thesis is a study of Imam Muhammad Ṣalih Saban and his Diary within the context of the Simonstown Muslim community that he served from 1904 until 1928. The thesis presents the Diary, transcribed, edited, and digitised, for the sake of understanding the Imam's contribution. It examines the Diary as a reflection of one man's witness, open to study from a number of perspectives. Firstly, it presents a background to the early Muslim presence in Simonstown and its links with the Cape slave community. It then constructs a biography of the Imam, mainly on the evidence culled from the Diary, but supplemented by secondary sources. It then turns to the Diary as the Imam's testimony. The Diary is compared with those of other diarists, who mostly represented a European dominant-class viewpoint of Simonstown. The thesis argues that the Imam's Diary provides another perspective on the town and its inhabitants. Finally, the study presents the Diary as an insider testimony of the Imam, his role and authority, in the Cape.
Language eng
Publisher University of Cape Town; Faculty of Humanities; Department of Religious Studies
Type of publication Masters; MSocSc
Repository Cape Town - OpenUCT, University of Cape Town
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