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024 7    |a MS 279888-Vol.9 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a Mss 390-392 |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Waadhi, Dua, Salawat (Mss 390-392) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c [n.d.].
490        |a Allen Collection : Religious Poems.
500        |a Biographical information: Ali bin Muhammad bin Husain Al-Habshiy was a famous religious man who was considered a Saint by his community in Hadramaut, Yemen.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1870 AD1287
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
500        |a Dialects: Northern
500        |a Extent: 42 pages
500        |a Incipit: Kama hapakuwa na mahaba na tangamano au hapakuwa kati mwetu suhuba tama
500        |a Other copy: SOAS University of London microfilm: SOAS University of London microfilm: M1008, reel 14
500        |a Donated to SOAS in 1982
500        |a Asia -- Arabian Peninsula -- Yemen -- Hadhramaut
500        |a Scribe: Salim bin Yaslam Baswaffar
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1971. Swahili Islamic Poetry, Vol. 1-2-3. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
500        |a Publication information: Mambo Leo, 44, 1924, Dar-es-Salaam
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a The first item of this manuscript, MS 390, is a Waadhi, religious poem, in Arabic, with line by line translation in Swahili. Each verse of the poem has a letter of the Arabic alphabet as ending syllable per line. The beginning of the poem is missing, and here it begins with the last line of the third verse, which uses the letter T (third letter of the Arabic alphabet). The end is also missing and the last verse contained here uses the letter Y. Interestingly, at the beginning of each verse there is a rhyming heading to recall the letter of the Arabic alphabet that will be used in the verse. The Waadhi is followed by a eight lines poem, in Arabic, praising the Prophet Mohammed. Afterwards, there is a collection of Dua and Salawat, in Arabic. Dua is a religious admonitions in which the author, Ali bin Muhammad bin Husain Al-Habshiy, asks God to bring prosperity and security for the community. Salawat is a poem in which the author asks God to bless the Prophet Mohammed. The poems were originally written down by the author’s son, Abdalla bin Muhammad bin Husain Al-Habshiy, in 1287AH, 1870AD. The scribe who copied this version and who gave it to Allen was Salim bin Yaslam Baswaffar. The following manuscript, MS 392, is a two page dialogic poem published in two consequent edition of Mambo Leo, a magazine published in Dar-es-Salaam, in 1924. In the first page of the MS the author, Musinga bin Omari, asks if there are any tree’s name not starting with the letter M [in Swahili most trees’ names begin with the letter M]. Abdalla bin Sheikh, from Lamu, provides the answer in the following edition of Mambo Leo and he says that there is a tree called Kishungi.
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    0 |a Arabic poetry.
650    0 |a Religious poetry.
650        |a Uislamu.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    0 |a Faith.
650        |a Imani za kidini.
650    7 |a Muḥammad, Prophet, -635. |2 LCNA
650        |a Prophet Mohammed.
650        |a Abdalla bin Muhammad bin Husain Al-Habshiy.
700        |a Ali bin Muhammad bin Husain Al-Habshiy, |e author, primary.
700        |a Abdalla bin Sheikh. |4 ctb
700        |a Musinga bin Omari. |4 ctb
700        |a Salim bin Yaslam Baswaffar. |4 ctb
752        |a Yemen |b Hadhramaut.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Yemen Collection at SOAS, University of London.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000095/00001 |y Electronic Resource
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997        |a African Collections


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