Religious Utendi (MS 310)
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Title:
Religious Utendi (MS 310)
Series Title:
Allen Collection : Religious Tendi and Historical Notes
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in readable Arabic script in black ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Islam ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Swahili history
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Faith ( LCSH )
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Swahili language -- History ( LCSH )
Swahili-speaking peoples -- History ( LCSH )
Muḥammad, Prophet, -639 ( LCNA )
Prophet Mohammed
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Coordinates:
-9.633997 x 39.778998

Notes

Abstract:
This section contains a long and beautifully scribed religious Utendi that provides also historical information at the time of the wars between Muslims and non-Muslims, as in the previous religious Tendi discussed in this volume. This version does not start from the beginning of the poem and also does not have a formal ending. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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Poetic Form: Utenzi
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Extent: 43 leaves
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Donated to SOAS in 1982
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Incipit: Upanga wangu mkali wa chuma kilicho ali, swafi kisicho shughuli nimeushika t’awana.
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Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 10
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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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;
General Note:
Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1971. Swahili Islamic Poetry, Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill;

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.3 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 310 ( SOAS manuscript number )