Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 317b)
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Title:
Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 317b)
Series Title:
Allen Collection : Religious Tends
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten copy in black ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Arab colonialism
Oral history ( LCSH )
Warfare, Conventional ( LCSH )
Military art and science ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Arabs ( LCSH )
Colonization ( LCSH )
Bwana Mataka
Sultan Majid Said
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Shayari
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Eastern Africa -- Siu District
Coordinates:
-4.26667 x 35.01667

Notes

Abstract:
This section contains the well known historical poem narrating of the war of conquest of the Island of Siu by Sultan Majid Said of Zanzibar and the imprisonment of Bwana Mataka the Sultan of Siu. The poem accuses the people of Siu of letting this happen and each verse ends with the line’ Hayapisi mayutoke’, meaning ‘You will regret this event for ever’. Bwana Mataka was, in fact, taken prisoner to Fort Jesus in Mombasa, and the islands of Siu went under the control of the Sultan of Zanzibar. The same poem can be found in the following Mss 47779, 41960, 47754, 279888-vol.2-MS 305. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: KiSiu
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Poetic Form: Shairi
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Extent: 3 pages
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Donated to SOAS in 1982
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Incipit: MIlele utumikao, ngiya katika bahari, umtumai moliwo nusura ndako ghafari, waja uwanusurawo, kwa qadha ipisiyeo, hayasii mayutowe
General Note:
Same poem in SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 47779, MS 41960, MS 47754, MS 279888-vol.2-MS 305.
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar
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Publication information: Salim, Ahmed I.1978. People of the Coast: swahili. Evans BrOthers Ltd, Nairobi. ch. 6
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Publication information: Biersteker, A. 1996. Kijibizana. Michigan State University Press. ch. 5
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Publication information: Abdulaziz, M.1979. Muyaka.19th century Swahili popular poetry. Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi. part 2

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.4 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 317b ( SOAS manuscript number )