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- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000052/00001
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- Abstract:
- This section contains two historical Utendi about the history of the Swahili. The first Utendi narrates the events of the King of Pate when he went to Lamu to impose taxation on the use of land by means of a percentage of the harvest. The poem continues with the narration of the history of the Mazrui dynasty and the history of the Sultans of Zanzibar. The second poem narrates the history of Siu at the time of King Bwana Mataka. This utendi ends with a waadhi, religious admonition. The historical information were given to the author in 1227AH, 1812AD, and the author composed the poem in 1357AH, 1938AD. ( en )
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- Date of Composition: 1938 AD1357
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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: 29 leaves
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- Donated to SOAS in 1982
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- Incipit: Bismillahi awali-mwando wangu wa qauli arrahmani ya pili na rrahimi kitaya
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- Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 11
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- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Pate -- Pate Island
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- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
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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
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.5 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 327 ( SOAS manuscript number )
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