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|a MS 47770 |2 soas manuscript number |
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|a MS 380548a |2 soas manuscript number |
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|a Al-Inkishafi (MS 373) |h [electronic resource] |b Selected Text with Audio |y Swahili. |
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|i Alternate title: |a al- Inkishafi ((MS 380548a) |y Swahili. |
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|a Hichens Collection. |
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|a Incipit: Bismillahi naiqadimu, Hali ya kutunga hino nudhumu, na Ar-Rahmani kiirasimu basi Ar-Rahimi nyuma ikaye |
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|a Mistari ya kwanza ya hati: Bismillahi naiqadimu, Hali ya kutunga hino nudhumu, na Ar-Rahmani kiirasimu basi Ar-Rahimi nyuma ikaye |
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|a Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir = Sayyid Abdallah Ali bin Nasir |
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|a Manuscript dates from circa 1930 A.D. (Gregorian calendar) = circa 1349 A.H. (Hijri calendar) |
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|a Composition dates from circa 1820 A.D. (Gregorian calendar) = circa 1235 A.H. (Hijri calendar). This manuscript is dated to 1967 (1387 A.H.) |
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|a Handwritten manuscript, in blue ink, on ruled paper |
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|a Swahili text inscribed in Arabic script |
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|a Relevant Dialect: Kiamu |
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|a Biographical history: The author of the famous poem Al-Inkishafi is generally agreed to have been Sayyid Abdalla bin Sayyid Ali bin Nasir.His father, Ali bin Nasir, was the great grandson of Sheikh Abubakar bin Salim, mentioned in a version of the Pate Chronicle as a Sharif (descendant of the Prophet) from Arabia. Sayyid Abdalla lived and composed his poetry in Pate during the 19th century. |
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|a See also SOAS manuscripts MS 380548a, MS 256191, MS 253029, MS 196884d |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/91224532 |
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|a Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir is also known as Sayyid Abdallah Ali bin Nasir |
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|a This manuscript of Al-Inkishafi contains 77 stanzas. In a note following the poem, the scribe incorrectly identifies Omari bin Amin as its author. In fact, Omari bin Amin composed the poem known as Wajiwaji, which is similar in form to Al-Inkishafi. The date of composition provided by the scribe is also apparently erroneous. |
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|a Relevant publications: Sayyid Abdallah A. Nasir. 1972 (1939). Al-Inkishafi: The Soul's Awakening. Trans. and ed. by William Hichens. Nairobi: Oxford University Press. Sayyid Abdallah A. Nasir. 1977. Al-Inkishafi: Catechism of a Soul. Trans. and ed. by J. de Vere Allen. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau. Hichens, W. 1939. Al-Inkishafi. London: Sheldon Press Allen R. 1946. Inkishafi-A Traslation from the Swahili. African Studies, 5, pp.243-249 Harris, L. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Clarendon Press: Oxford, pp.86-102 Mlamali, Mh. Wa. 1980. Ikisiri ya Inkishafi. Nairobi: Longman Hamza Mustafa Njozi. 1998. The use of Ambiguity in Al-Inkishafi. Afrika und Ubersee, band 81, pp. 227-238. |
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|a This item is in the public domain. Please use in accord with Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). High resolution digital master available from SOAS, University of London - the Digital Library Project Office. |
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|a This copy of Al-Inkishafi was collected by Hichens in the 1930s. The collector refers to it as an original copy, but this cannot be certain. It is certainly a beautiful and well-preserved manuscript of the famous poem written by Sayyd Abdalla bin Nassir. The pages of the poem in Arabic script are inserted in an outsized hard paper so as to protect this very old copy. The collector has used the blank spaces on the side for his notes on the poem, unfortunately unreadable. This arabic script copy has transliteration and notes in MS 253029. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c SOAS, University of London, |c Archives and Special Collections, |d 2019. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Physical characteristics: original arabic scripts, inserted in an outsized hard white paper |
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|a Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Digitised with funding from the Leverhulme Trust. |
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|a Islam. |
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|a Swahili poetry. |
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|a Religious beliefs. |
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|a Uislamu. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Imani za kidini. |
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|a Faith. |2 FAST |
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|a Poetry (Utenzi). |
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|a Utenzi (poetic form). |
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|a Kenya |c Lamu |d Pate |g Pate Island. |
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|a Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir, |e author, primary. |
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|a Abdalla ba Sheikh. |4 scr |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a Archives & Special Collections. |
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|a Religions. |
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|a African Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts Collections. |
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|a Kenya Collection. |
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|a William Hichens Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c Archives & Special Collections |
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|u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA000079/00002 |y Electronic Resource |
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