Mashairi ya Faraidhwi
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Material Information

Title:
Mashairi ya Faraidhwi
Series Title:
Knappert Collection
Alternate Title:
MS 380748a : Mashairi ya Faraidhwi
Creator:
Sheikh Mohamed Jambein Al-Bakry
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Physical Description:
17 leaves
Technique:
Typescript
In blue type, often blurred, on thin paper

Learning Resource Information

Intended User Roles:
Learner

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Islam
Islamic law
Religious practice
Swahili poetry
Uislamu
Sheria ya Kiislamu
Mazoezi ya kidini
Kiswahili mashairi
Genre:
Poetry (Shairi)
Shairi (poetic form)
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu
Afrika -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu
Coordinates:
-2.27169 x 40.90201

Notes

Scope and Content:
'Mashairi ya Faraidhwi' is a poem that outlines Islamic laws of inheritance. Like many other poems written to explain complex subjects 'Mashairi ya Faradhwi' is sometimes difficult to understand. Presenting such detailed and precise information as a legal code within the strictures of the 'shairi' form would challenge any poet; and here the legal outline sometimes twists confusingly around the poetic lines. Additional explanation of the inheritance laws, such as that of Sheikh Al-Amin bin Ali Al-Mazrui, who published a small book on the subject in 1943, would assist readers of this poem.
General Note:
First lines of manuscript: Nahimidi Mola, Ya-Allahu kwako kutamka
General Note:
Script: Roman script
Biographical:
Jan Knappert, in an introduction to the 1964 publication of 'Kisa cha Miiraji' (see MS 380747), writes that Mohamed Jambein Al-Bakry lived for some time in Mombasa, 'probably at the beginning' of the 20th century. Mohamed Jambein was also the author of 'Kiokozi cha Banati' (see MS 380749) and the Maulid contained in MS 380759. In the present MS, the poet identifies himself as a native of Lamu
Original Location:
This manuscript was formerly part of MS 380526

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
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Resource Identifier:
MS 380748a ( SOAS Manuscript Number )