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024 7    |a MS 279888-Vol.5 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 326b |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Waadhi wa Waji Waji na Utendi wa Bwana Mataka (MS 326b) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c [n.d.].
490        |a Allen Collection : Religious Tendi and Historical poems.
500        |a Biographical information: Harries (1962) writes that Sayyid ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al Ahdal was a sharif from Yemen who migrated to Siu where he became a Kadhi sometimes in 1856 AD (1273 AH). He was a well-known poet who also wrote ‘Wajiwaji’.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1937 AD1356
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
500        |a Dialects: KiAmu
500        |a Poetic Form: Utenzi
500        |a Extent: 38 leaves
500        |a Donated to SOAS in 1982
500        |a For complete Utendi wa Waji Waji see SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 380554b (Knappert) and MS 53496c (Hichens)
500        |a Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 11
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar
500        |a Scribe: Ahmed bin Salmin bin Omar Bafaqih
500        |a Publication information: Salim, Ahmed I.1978. People of the Coast: swahili. Evans BrOthers Ltd, Nairobi. ch. 6
500        |a Publication information: Biersteker, A. 1996. Kijibizana. Michigan State University Press. ch. 5
500        |a Publication information: Abdulaziz, M.1979. Muyaka.19th century Swahili popular poetry. Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi. part 2
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a This section contains first an incomplete song-nyimbo of only two stanzas that uses metaphors (mafumbo); it continues with three pages of incomplete religious Utendi (long poem) where the unknown author ask God for help and support in his life. In Swahili poetry when the author makes plead to God is called “ku-omba Mungu”. The poem begins with the religious opening ‘Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim’. Then, we find an incomplete version of the famous poem ‘Waadhi wa waji waji’ that has been fully described in Mss 380554b(Knappert) and 53496c (Hichens). The poem was written by Sharif Sayyid Umar bin Amin bin al-Ahdal in 1356AH, 1937AD. Afterwards, there is fragment of a religious utendi that lists the 99 names given to God, which is followed by fragments of short poems all entitled ‘Qala Shairi’-The Poet Said. Finally, there is an historical poem in the Utendi form narrating the war between Bwana Mataka, Sultan of Siu, and Sultan Majid of Zanzibar when the latter took control of Siu and imprisoned Bwana Mataka to Fort Jesus, in Mombasa. The narrative ends at the time of the advent of British colonialism.
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Archives and Special Collections, |d 2016. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650    0 |a Swahili poetry.
650    0 |a Islam.
650        |a Religious belief.
650        |a East Africa -- History.
650        |a Africa, East -- History.
650        |a Arab colonialism.
650        |a British colonialism.
650        |a Swahili history.
650    0 |a Oral history.
650    0 |a Warfare, Conventional.
650    0 |a Military art and science.
650        |a Imani za kidini.
650        |a Uislamu.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    0 |a Faith.
650        |a Afrika, Mashariki - Historia.
650    0 |a Swahili-speaking peoples -- History.
650    0 |a Arabs.
650    0 |a Colonization.
650        |a Bwana Mataka.
650        |a Sultan Majid.
655    4 |a Poem.
655    4 |a Utenzi.
655    7 |a Poetry |2 LCTGM
700        |a Sharif Sayyid Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal, |e author, primary.
700        |a Ahmed bin Salmin bin Omar Bafaqih. |4 ctb
752        |a Tanzania |b Manyara Region |c Siu District.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Tanzania Collection.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a John W. T. Allen Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000051/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/00/51/00001/00_likelyPUBLICdomainthm.jpg
997        |a African Collections


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