Kadhi na Haramiya
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Material Information

Title:
Kadhi na Haramiya Selected Text with Audio
Series Title:
Knappert Collection
Added title page title:
Kadhi na Haramiyya
Creator:
Kijuma, Muhammad
Omar, Yahya Ali ( scribe )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Islam
Swahili poetry
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi (poetic form)
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

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First lines of manuscript: Mwando naomba kwa Mungu, anipe matakwa yangu, isome hadithi ndogo, na mwendo ukamwambia
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Mistari ya kwanza ya hati: Mwando naomba kwa Mungu, anipe matakwa yangu, isome hadithi ndogo, na mwendo ukamwambia
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Kijuma, Muhammad = Muhammad Kijumwa
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Scribe: Yahya Ali Omar
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Omar, Yahya Ali = Yahya Ali Omar
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Manuscript dates from circa 1966 A.D. (Gregorian calendar) = circa 1386 A.H. (Hijri calendar)
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Composition dates from circa 1914 A.D. (Gregorian calendar) = circa 1334 A.H. (Hijri calendar).
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Swahili text inscribed in Arabic script
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Relevant Dialect: Kiamu
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Biographical history: Muhammad Kijumwa was born circa 1855 in Lamu. He was a poet, scribe, peformer calligrapher, carpenter, tailor and sculptor who taught his son Helewa the craft of decorative wood-carving. He assisted European scholars of Swahili literature, including William Taylor, Alice Werner, Carl Meinhof, H.E. Lambert, William Hichens, Ernst Dammann and John Williamson, and was a well-known character in Lamu.
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Physical characteristics: In blue ink, with corrections by scribe
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Relevant publications: Abou Egl, Mohammad. 1983. The life and works of Muhamadi Kijuma. PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London. See especially 'Kisa cha kadhi na Haramii.' Dammann, Ernst. 1957. Richter und rauber, eine dichtung in der Lamu -- mundart des Suaheli. Berlin: Mitteilungen des Inst. fur Orientforschung, band V, Heft 3, pp. 432-489.
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Scope and content: This humorous poem narrates the story of an encounter between a kadhi and a thief, who argue after the thief demands the kadhi's clothing. Each man recites passages from he Qur'an in his own defence. A likely source for the poem is 'Hadha Kissat al-Kadhi Ma'ah al-Haramii,' which Abou Egl (1983) reports was published in 1886 in Bombay.

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
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.
Resource Identifier:
MS 380560 ( accession number )