Kisa cha Andharuna (MS 305a)
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Material Information

Title:
Kisa cha Andharuna (MS 305a)
Series Title:
Allen Collection : Photographic enlargments of M1008 (Swahili and Arabic manuscripts)
Creator:
310 bin 191 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Copy of microfilm therefore slightly gray, readable arabic script

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Islam ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Islam -- History ( LCSH )
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Faith ( LCSH )
Gabriel (Archangel) ( LCSH )
Jibril
Muḥammad, Prophet, -642 ( LCNA )
Prophet Mohammed
Andharuna
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Al Madinah Province -- Arabian Peninsula -- Badr Hunayn
Coordinates:
23.78 x 38.790556

Notes

Abstract:
This section of MS 279888, namely MS 305/1, contains the same Utendi that has been catalogued in this same volume, in MS 307, and precisely the second Utendi of that section. The difference between the two versions is that this version start from the beginning and it is therefore a complete version. Overall the poem is the same. In brief, the content of the poem is about the war between Muslims, at the time of the Prophet Mohammed, and king Andharuna, the leader of the non-Muslim Arabs. For a more complete description see MS 307. The poem begins with the utterance ‘Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim’, the common opening for religious poem. The name of the author is given with a reference number 310 bin 191, which is a typical usage by Arabs scholars, where each number corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. The author writes in Arabic as well, which shows that he was highly literate. The scribe is a woman called Mwana Marabu binti Shehe Bwana Lipa [?], and we gather this information at the end of the poem where she praises God in her and her husband name. According to the Other version in the Allen collection, the author gives the date of the poem as 1075AH-1665AD, and the scribe gives the date of scribing as 1355AH-1936AD. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition: 1936 AD1355
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: Northern
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Poetic Form: Utenzi
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Donated to SOAS in 1982
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Extent: 36 leaves
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Incipit: Bismillahi rahmani rahim, akhi pani kwa upesi ilo ali karatasi na wino mwema mweusi utulizao maozi
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See in same volume SOAS University of London manuscript MS 307 that contains the same Utendi
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Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 10
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Asia -- Arabian Peninsula -- Saudi Arabia -- Al Madinah Province -- Badr Hunayn
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Publication information: Allen, JWT. 1971. Tendi: Six examples of a classical verse form with translation and notes. Heinemann Ltd, London. Part 1
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Publication information: Knappert, J. 1967. Traditional Swahili Poetry. Brill, Leiden
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1979. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse. London: Heinemann.
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press;
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1971. Swahili Islamic Poetry. Brill, Leiden.
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Publication information: Harries, L. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford University Press, London

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 305a ( SOAS manuscript number )