File:Graphic Ali-bin-Saif execution 1894.jpg
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| Execution of an Arab Chief at Melinda, British East Africa. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Execution of an Arab Chief at Melinda, British East Africa. |
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English: Execution of an Arab Chief at Melinda, British East Africa. Illustration for The Graphic, 8 December 1894.
Illustration by a professional London-based artists Hentschell, after Staniland taken from the newspaper: The Graphic. The image was based on a sketch provided by a Royal Naval Lieutenant, C. B. Kiddle, who was presumably present. Title: EXECUTION OF AN ARAB CHIEF AT MELINDA, BRITISH EAST AFRICA Original caption: 'The Arab chief Ali-Bin-Saif was sentenced to death for the murder of Mr. Bell Smith, the Superintendent of the British East Africa Company. Mr Smith had had some disagreement with the chief, and about 10.30 pm two days later was shot by the man while smoking in his verandah. The murderer was tried at Mombasa and brought back to Melinda to be executed. A guard of Marines was landed from H.M.S. Swallow, and the execution was duly carried out. The prisoner behaved with great courage, and died immediately on the volley being fired.' |
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| Depicted place | Malindi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 8 December 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | The Graphic: an illustrated weekly newspaper, No. 1306, 8 December 1894, p. 644 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other versions | Gale Primary Sources: British Library Newspapers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 17:36, 25 July 2023 | | 1,518 × 1,202 (763 KB) | Evan T Jones | Uploaded a work by Charles Joseph Staniland from The Graphic: an illustrated weekly newspaper, No. 1306, 8 December 1894, p. 644 with UploadWizard |
