Person
ISNI: 
0000 0000 8407 3717
https://isni.org/isni/0000000084073717
Name: 
Hiskett, M.
Hiskett, Mervin
Hiskett, Mervyn
Dates: 
1920-...
Creation class: 
Language material
Creation role: 
author
creator
redactor
Related names: 
Balewa, Abubakar Tafawa
Brown, Godfrey N.
Brown, Godfrey Norman
Mack, Beverly B.
School of Oriental and African studies Londres
Tremearne, A. J. N.
University of London
University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies
Usmanu Danfodiyo University (isAffiliatedWith)
Titles: 
Commissioner of police v. Musa Kommanda and aspects of the working of the Gold Coast marriage of Mohammedans ordinance
Conflict and harmony in education in Tropical Africa
course of Islam in Africa
development of Islam in West Africa, The
Hausa Islamic verse ; Its sources and development prior to 1920
Hausa superstitions and customs : An introduction to the folk-lore and the folk
history of Hausa Islamic Verse, A
Islam dans la propagande politique Haoussa en vers de 1946 jusqu'a l'indépendance du Nigeria du Nord, L'
Islamic education in the traditional and state systems in Northern Nigeria
maitatsine riots in kano, 1980, The : an assessment
occupation of Hausaland 1900-1904, The : being a translation of Arabic letters found in the house of the Wazir of Sokoto, Bohari, in 1903
Problems of religious education in muslim communities in Africa
Shaihu Umar a novel
Some to Mecca turn to pray : Islamic values and the modern world
story of the Arabs ... 1957., The
Sword of truth the life and times of the shehu usuman dan fodio
Tazyīn al-waraqāt
teaching of Arabic, The : a handbook of method for primary and secondary schools
Notes: 
Associated Group: Usmanu Danfodiyo University naf
Associated Language:
Hausa (African people) Hausa (African people)--Religion Hausa literature Islam--Africa
His The development of Islam in West Africa, c1982 CIP t.p. (Mervyn Hiskett) data sheet (b. 5/20/20)
His The story of the Arabs ... 1957
Scholars Authors Translators
Shaihu Umar, 1989 t.p. (translated ... by Mervin Hiskett) p. 15 (Mervyn Hiskett) p. 4 of cover (Prof. Mervin Hiskett, Univ. of London, author of three books on the Hausa people and their religion)
Thesis (doctoral)--University of London, 1969
Sudanic Africa, 5, 1994, Mervyn Hiskett, 1920-1994, viewed online Dec. 21, 2016 page 1 (died 11 June 1994, of cancer; life of scholarship devoted to the study of the history and culture of a Muslim people, the Hausa; born at St. Albans 20 May 1920; served in the British Army during World War II, in the Army Physical Training Corps and then as a commissioned officer in the Parachute Regiment; after the war he served in mandated Palestine, 1946-47; B.A. in Arabic, School of Oriental and African Studies, London; then began a career in northern Nigeria; published articles containing Arabic and, later, Hausa texts with translation and commentary; a second phase of his career focused on the Hausa literary tradition, especially ajami literature) page 2 (PhD in 1969, published 1974 as A history of Hausa Islamic verse; served at Usman Danfodio University in Sokoto; published a series of books and articles on Islamic themes, beginning with The sword of truth (1973)) http://www.org.uib.no/smi/sa/05/5Hiskett.pdf
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