Hiskett, M
Hiskett, Mervin
Hiskett, Mervyn
His The story of the Arabs ... 1957
His The development of Islam in West Africa, c1982: CIP t.p. (Mervyn Hiskett) data sheet (b. 5/20/20)
Papers of the Conference on Islam in Africa: the Changing Role of the 'Ulama, 1984: (Mervyn Hiskett, Professor of Hausa Studies, Department of Nigerian Languages, University of Sokoto)
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)
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))
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