Kirk, John, Sir, Knight (consul general at Zanzibar)
Dates
- Existence: 1832 - 1922
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Appointments, awards and honours., 1857-1902.
Item 50 not received by National Library of Scotland.
Copies of papers from other sources: correspondence., 1858-1897, undated.
Copies of papers from other sources: miscellaneous family papers of John Kirk, father of Sir John Kirk; published works about and by John Kirk; photographs taken by John Kirk., 1856-1973.
Diaries and notebooks of John Kirk and Helen Kirk., 1858-1884.
John Kirk's unless otherwise stated. Kirk tended to keep diary entries and notes in the same book and the functions often merge. Sometimes he kept several types of information in one book over a period of several years, and the dates of the diaries frequently overlap.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames Kiralfy to Kitchin., 1817-1924.
Material relating to the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'; with a translation and notes by John Kirk, and associated correspondence., 1894, undated.
Including the 'Arab History of Kilwa'; 'Rough translation of History of Kiloa': notes and comments by Kirk on an Arabic manuscript, with a rough translation. With a letter to Kirk from H.J. Goldsmid, 13 December 1894.
The manuscript History was originally written in the 16th century. Kirk acquired an abstract by the scribe Sheikh Muhui-'l-Din ibn Sheikh 'Abdullah al Khantani and deposited it in the British Museum in 1895.
Photographs and sketches by John Kirk., 1843-1915, circa 1964, undated.
Items 39 and 45 not received by the National Library of Scotland.
Printed material and newspaper cuttings., 1858-1922, 1929, 1932, 1959, 1973.
Professional and personal correspondence of John and Helen Kirk; with reports and notes relating to the professional and research activities of John Kirk., Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
Largely original correspondence, but also containing some copies. Includes research material related to Bibi Salimah, and the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'.
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