Habib Swaleh ( ar, حبيب صالح) or Salih bin Alawi Jamal al-Layl ( ar, صالح بن علوي جمل الليل) (1853-1936) was an

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ic scholar who resided in Lamu,

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Life

He initiated the annual Maulid Festival in Lamu, which became an annual event. attracting visitors from various countries. Habib Swaleh was also a herbalist who specialized in Islamic traditional medicine. He died in 1935 C.E in Lamu.

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Lamu's Sacred Meadows

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, April - June 1995, Issue 10 Hadhrami people Kenyan people of Comorian descent Kenyan people of Yemeni descent Kenyan Sufis Kenyan Islamic religious leaders Kenyan Muslims People from Lamu Archipelago 1936 deaths 1853 births