Shairi la Kilio, na Waadhi, na Shairi la Wanawake Watano (MS 12)
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Material Information

Title:
Shairi la Kilio, na Waadhi, na Shairi la Wanawake Watano (MS 12)
Series Title:
Allen Collection : Photographic enlargments of M1008 (Swahili and Arabic manuscripts)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Copy of microfilm therefore slightly gray, the first poem is readable whereas the following three poems are not easily readable and should be read with the microfilm

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Religious poetry ( LCSH )
Islam ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Swahili litarature ( LCSH )
Oral literature
Women's writings ( LCSH )
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Faith ( LCSH )
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Sayyid Ahmad Badawy
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Shayari
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island
Coordinates:
-7.85 x 39.783333

Notes

Abstract:
This is a poem commemorating the death of Sayyid Ahmad Badawy who was an important Islamic scholar and religious man; after his death he became to be considered a Saint. He was also known for his curative skills. The poem does not have a title, and the cataloguers decided to call it ‘Shairi la Kilio’-’The crying poem’. On the side of each page we find the names of Mohammed Sheikh Mohammed and Ali Mohammed Tahir. However, there is no indication that they are the authors of the poem. At the end of the poem there is the name of the owner of the manuscript as Faraj bin Khamis, who can be the scribe. There is no date on the poem, and the language is relatively modern KiAmu. This poem is followed by extracts from an incomplete religious poem, a Waadhi, and by fragments of a love song, and finally there is the well-known short poem entitled ‘Wanawake Watano’ praising five women. Most of these last poems are not easily readable because of the faded copy. The poems do not provide information about dates or authors. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
General Note:
Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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Poetic Form: Shairi
General Note:
Donated to SOAS in 1982
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Extent: 15 pages
General Note:
Incipit: Bismillahi rahmani rahim, Bismillahi mswaha nandamiza majirea nakhatimu mursaaha, Rwbbi rafuhu rahima
General Note:
Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel1
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
MS 279888-Vol.2 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 12 ( SOAS manuscript number )