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Manuscript/Mixed Material Translation of the life of Omar ibn Said First line of text: Manuscript no. 1. In the name of God, the merciful, the gracious / At head of title: Omar ben Saeed

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Title

  • Translation of the life of Omar ibn Said

Other Title

  • First line of text: Manuscript no. 1. In the name of God, the merciful, the gracious
  • At head of title: Omar ben Saeed

Summary

  • Isaac Bird's undated translation of the Life of Omar Ibn Said.

Names

  • Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863, author
  • Bird, Isaac, 1793-1876, translator
  • Rothman, Adam, 1971- transcriber
  • Omar ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Connecticut?] : Isaac Bird, [between 1860 and 1864?]

Headings

  • -  Said, Omar ibn,--1770?-1863
  • -  Slave narratives--North Carolina--Manuscripts--Translations into English
  • -  Enslaved persons' writings, American--Manuscripts--Translations into English
  • -  Enslaved persons--North Carolina--Biography--Manuscripts--Translations into English
  • -  Manuscripts--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  In English.
  • -  Transcription provided by Dr. Adam Rothman available online.

Medium

  • 12 pages ; 21 x 16 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E445.N8 O43, no. 27

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018662613

Online Format

  • online text
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Omar Ibn Said Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Omar Ibn Said Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Said, Omar Ibn, 1770?-1863, Author, Adam Rothman, and Omar Ibn Said Collection. Translation of the life of Omar ibn Said. translateds by Bird, Isaac [Connecticut?: isaac bird, between 1860 and 1864?, 1860] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018662613/.

APA citation style:

Said, O. I., Rothman, A. & Omar Ibn Said Collection. (1860) Translation of the life of Omar ibn Said. Bird, I., trans [Connecticut?: isaac bird, between 1860 and 1864?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018662613/.

MLA citation style:

Said, Omar Ibn, 1770?-1863, Author, Adam Rothman, and Omar Ibn Said Collection. Translation of the life of Omar ibn Said. trans by Bird, Isaac [Connecticut?: isaac bird, between 1860 and 1864?, 1860] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018662613/>.