Utenzi wa Kiyama (MS 380530c)

Material Information

Title:
Utenzi wa Kiyama (MS 380530c)
Series Title:
Knappert Collection
Abbreviated Title:
MS 380530c : Utenzi wa Kiyama
Language:
Swahili
Physical Description:
18 leaves
Technique:
In black type on thin paper

Learning Resource Information

Intended User Roles:
Learner

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Utenzi
Islam ( LCSH )
Death ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Heaven ( LCSH )
Hell -- Islam ( LCSH )
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 ( LCNA )
ابن المهيب، محمد ابو بكر
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Kifo
Imani za kidini
Mbinguni
Kuzimu
Muhammad, Mtume, -632
Paradise ( LCSH )
Faith ( LCSH )
Genre:
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Utenzi (poetic form)
Poem
Spatial Coverage:
Africa
Coordinates:
-6.307 x 34.854

Notes

Scope and Content:
This version of the Utenzi wa Kiyama has 346 stanzas and appears to correspond to the version of the poem designated (T) by JWT Allen (1971).
Version Identification:
Incipit: Akhi nipatia wino, na karatasi mfano, na kalamu muawano, ilo njema kwandikia
General Note:
Typescript, in black type on thin paper
General Note:
Roman script
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/97245243
Original Location:
Archival history: This manuscript was formerly part of SOAS manuscript MS 380526
Bibliography:
Relevant publications: Allen, J.W.T. 1971. Tendi. London: Heinemann Educational, pp. 429-485. Biersteker, Ann. 1996. Kujibizana: Questions of Language and Power in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Poetry in Kiswahili. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. Hemed Abdallah Said al-Buhry. 1945. Utendi wa Qiyama. Ed. and trans. by Roland Allen. Special supplement to Tanganyika Notes and Records. Knappert, Jan. 1967. Traditional Swahili Poetry. Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 243-264. Sacleux, Charles. 1939. Dictionnaire Swahili-Francais. Paris: Institut d'Ethnologie, pp. 1094-1108.

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
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