Hamziyya Notes
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Material Information

Title:
Hamziyya Notes
Series Title:
Hichens Collection
Added title page title:
Hamziyah
Added title page title:
MS 53827 : William Hichen's notes on the Hamziyya
Creator:
Hichens, William, -1944
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor )
Sheikh Muhammad Said Albusiry ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Measurements:
25 cm.
Technique:
1 volume (32 pages)

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Islam ( LCSH )
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Religious beliefs
Imani za kidini
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Faith ( LCSH )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya
Coordinates:
-1.266667 x 36.8

Notes

Abstract:
Introduction to the Hamziyya of Aidarus bin Athman al-Sheikh Ali (A.H. 1162, A.D. 1749) translated into Swahili from the Arabic Ummal-Kura of Sheikh Muhammad bin Said Albusiri. These notes date from 1936 (1355 A.H.)
General Note:
This manuscript contains notes and part of the poem in what seems to be Hichens's notebook. In the same way as he has done for the original copy of Al-Inkishafi (SOAS manuscript MS 253029), here too Hichens is attaching a notebook to the manuscript poem (SOAS manuscript MS 53823). The first eight pages are historical and literary notes on the poem. These are followed by 30 typescripts and 90 handwritten baiti (verses) of the poem. The handwritten part has some scattered translations written on pieces of paper and inserted within the poem. This manuscript has to be read together with SOAS manuscript MS 53823.
General Note:
Typescript in black ink on thin paper, with handwritten notes in black ink
General Note:
Mistari ya kwanza ya hati: Hamziyya in Arabic prosody means any poem rhyming in 'Hamza'
General Note:
Incipit: Hamziyya in Arabic prosody means any poem rhyming in 'Hamza'
General Note:
English text with holographic inscriptions.
General Note:
Forward to the Hamziyya (8 pages)
Acquisition:
Purchased from Kegan Paul, 26 November 1948
Funding:
Digitised for Swahili Studies at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures at the Universität Hamburg, with funds from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (the German Research Foundation).
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collectoins
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 53827 ( soas manuscript number )