Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 380766a)
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Title:
Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 380766a)
Series Title:
Yahya Ali Omar Collection
Added title page title:
Waadhi wa Abdallah al-Husni
Creator:
Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik
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Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Imani za kidini
Genre:
Poetry (Shairi)
Shairi (poetic form)
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa -- Mombasa
Coordinates:
-4.05 x 39.666667

Notes

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First lines of manuscript: Bismillahi naanza jina la Mola muweza nipate kuyatimiza haya nalokusudiya
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Mistari ya kwanza ya hati: Bismillahi naanza jina la Mola muweza nipate kuyatimiza haya nalokusudiya
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Manuscript dates from circa 1948 A.D. (Gregorian calendar) = circa 1368 A.H. (Hijri calendar)
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Composition dates from circa 1948 A.D. (Gregorian calendar) = circa 1368 A.H. (Hijri calendar).
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Swahili text inscribed in Latin script (Romanised)
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Biographical history: Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy was born in Mombasa at the beginning of 1900 in a family that originated from Hadramaut. He studied Islamic teaching with Sh. Said bin Ahmed, a well-known religious scholar. Sh. Abdalla became a Sheikh at the Anisa Mosque where he tought for many years and where he was buried in 1955. He was known for organising the Maulidi celebration, in the Anisa mosque, that was attended by many people from the Coast. After the maulidi he used to composed his famous waadhi, of which this one is an example. Sh. Abdalla was Yahya Ali Omar's religious teacher.
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Archival history: Donated by Yahya Ali Omar in 2003
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Physical characteristics: typescript in black ink
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Relevant publications: P.J.L Frankl & Yahya Ali Omar. 19..Mashairi ya Waadhi. in AAP-Swahili Forum, Koln, Germany.
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Scope and content: This section contains two religious poems written by Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy, a famous religious scholar at the Hanisa Mosque in Mjua Kale, Mombasa. The poems were collected by Yahya Ali Omar, who was Sh. Abdalla's pupil, at the time of their composition in 1948 in Mombasa. The content is a religious admonition to instruct the Muslim community on how to abide by the Islamic values and duties and not to follow any forbidden activities. Sh. Abdalla was very famous for composing Waadhi at the time of the Maulidi celebration that he used to organise at the Anisa Mosque. The Maulidi celebration at the Anisa Mosque was very famous across East Africa.
General Note:
Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik = Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy
Funding:
Digitised with funding from the Leverhulme Trust.

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 380766a ( soas manuscript number )