Kaluta Amri Abeid

Kaluta Amri Abeid
Born1924 (1924)
Kigoma-Ujiji District, Tanzania
Died1964 (aged 39–40)
Bonn, Germany
Occupation(s)Minister of Justice and of Development and Culture, mayor of Dar es Salaam, poet and translator
Notable workSheria za Kutunga Mashairi na Diwani ya Amri [The Rules of Poetic Composition and Amri’s Poems] (in Swahili, 1954)

Kaluta Amri Abeid (Kaluta Amri Abedi, Sheikh Amri Abeid Kaluta, Sheikh Kaluta, 1924–1964) was a Tanzanian Muslim cleric (Sheikh), civil servant, politician and poet.

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