Accession No
Z 46842.75
Description
Seal of Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar. Perso-Arabic script. Octagonal seal impressed in red wax, housed in an octagonal metal box.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Tanzania; Indian Ocean; Zanzibar
Period
Source
Taylor, Robert [collector]; Taylor, Frank Coston [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 46842.75
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wax
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
One of seventy-seven seals of Indian princes and governments impressed in red, black, yellow and brown sealing wax. 75) Ya Allah Abdul Majia Bin Said Bin Asad 1283 = 1066 AD. Abdul Majia of Zanzibar, octagon within irregular shape, cracked, stored in octagonal, metal box.
Event Date 17/5/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
Context (CMS Context)
Z 46842 split into 77 records to document the seals included under this accession number.
Event Date 17/5/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
Context (CMS Context)
Z number allocated on 2 9 1988 Cf. also Z 46843.; Collected by: Taylor.Robert in ?- - 1865
Event Date 17/5/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
Context (CMS Context)
Written in Perso-Arabic. [Information provided by Danika Parikh, Department of Archaeology]
Event Date 31/5/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
FM:269354
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