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024 7    |a MS 279888-Vol.8 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 360 |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Utendi wa Siraj na Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 360) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c [n.d.].
490        |a Allen Collection : Religious Tendi and Historical Notes.
500        |a Biographical information: Muhammad Kijumwa was born circa 1855 in Lamu. He was a poet, scribe, peformer calligrapher, carpenter, tailor and sculptor who taught his son, Helewa, the craft of decorative woodcarving. He assisted many Eurpoean scholars of Swahili literature, including William Taylor, Alice Werner, Carl Meinhof, H.E. Lambert, William Hichens, Ernst Dammann and John Williamson, and was a well-known character in Lamu. -- Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy was born in Mombasa at the beginning of 1900 in a family that originated from Hadramaut. He studied Islamic teaching with Sh. Said bin Ahmed, a well-known religious scholar. Sh. Abdalla became a Sheikh at the Anisa Mosque where he tought for many years and where he was buried in 1955. -- He was known for organising the Maulidi celebration, in the Anisa mosque, that was attended by many people from the Coast. After the maulidi he used to composed his famous waadhi, of which this one is an example. Sh. Abdalla was Yahya Ali Omar’s religious teacher.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1926, 1948 AD1344, 1368
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
500        |a Dialects: KiAmu
500        |a Poetic Form: Utenzi
500        |a Donated to SOAS in 1982
500        |a Extent: 12 leaves
500        |a Incipit: keti hapa sikuliwe- mimi sina illa wewe likupalo uyuwe-babangu
500        |a For Waadhi see SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380766 (Yahya Collection)
500        |a Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 13
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
500        |a Scribe: Kijuma, Muhammad
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a This MS contains first a poem entitled ‘Siraj’ written by Muhammad Kijumwa, the famous poet and scribe from Lamu. The poet instructs his son Helewa about the proper social conduct to have with the community. Each stanza provide one advice. This is followed by fragments of the Waadhi, religious admonition, of Sheikh Abdalla al-Husniy. The complete version of the waadhi wan be found in MS 380766 (Yahya Collection).
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 Swahili customs.
650        |a Imani za kidini.
650        |a Uislamu.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    0 |a Faith.
650    0 |a Swahili-speaking peoples -- Social life and customs.
655    4 |a Poem.
655    4 |a Utenzi.
655    7 |a Poetry |2 LCTGM
700 1    |a Kijuma, Muhammad, |e author, primary.
700 1    |a Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik. |4 ctb
700 1    |a Kijuma, Muhammad. |4 ctb
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
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/LSMD000070/00001 |y Electronic Resource
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997        |a African Collections


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