Habib Swaleh (Arabic: حبيب صالح) or Salih bin Alawi Jamal al-Layl (Arabic: صالح بن علوي جمل الليل) (1853-1936) was an Islamic scholar who resided in Lamu, Kenya.
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editHe initiated the annual Maulid Festival in Lamu, which became an annual event. attracting visitors from various countries. Habib Swaleh was also a herbalist who specialized in Islamic traditional medicine. He died in 1935 C.E in Lamu.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ * Pouwels, Randall L. (2002). Horn and Crescent: Cultural Change and Traditional Islam on the East African Coast, 800-1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780521523097.
- ^ Bang, Anne K. (2003). Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Family Networks in East Africa, 1860-1925. Routledge. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-415-31763-0.
- ^ Romero, Patricia W. (1997). Lamu: History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City. Markus Wiener Publishers. ISBN 1-55876-107-1.
External links
edit- Lamu's Sacred Meadows, The Fountain Magazine, April - June 1995, Issue 10