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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000110/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Utenzi wa Ras li Ghuli (PP MS 20-3c)
- Series Title:
- Allen Collection : Swahili poetry
- Creator:
- Mgeni bin Faqihi ( Author, Primary )
- Publication Date:
- [n.d.]
- Language:
- Swahili
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Handwritten and typescript manuscript : Typescript with black ink on either thin and thick yellow paper; arabic script in black ink; notes in red and green ink
Notes
- Abstract:
- This section contains 5 copies of the Utenzi wa Ras li Ghuli, of which only one is the complete copy of 4294 verses. There Other copies are incomplete. The section includes a few pages of notes on the poem written by Allen. The utenzi narrates the victory of Muslim forces, under the leadership of Omar, Ali and the Prophet Mohammed, over Yemen. The Arabic narrative of these events, contained in the book Futuhu ‘lYamani, has traditionally been very popular along the East African coast. ( en )
- General Note:
- Biographical information: The publisher’s preface to the 1979 publication of Ras li Ghuli identifies Sheikh Mgeni bin Faqihi as an Mtumbatu who was born in Unguja. Sheikh Mgeni was a religious teacher in Mbweni, Bagamoyo, and in Bagamoyo he composed this epic, using as his source the Arabic book entitled Futuhu ‘lYamani
- General Note:
- Date of Composition is unknown
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Arabic script) and Swahili (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Dialects: KiAmu
- General Note:
- Poetic Form: Utenzi
- General Note:
- Extent: 197 leaves
- General Note:
- Donated to SOAS in 1982
- General Note:
- Incipit: Note for the introduction to Ras/Ghul
- General Note:
- See SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380272 (Knappert)
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Mgeni bin Faqihi : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/62882202
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Bagamoyo
- General Note:
- Asia -- Arabian Peninsula -- Yemen
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1968. Brief survey of Swahili literature. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Centre of African Studies, pp 29-34.
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press; pp.
- General Note:
- Publication information: Mgeni bin Faqihi. 1979. Utenzi wa Rasi’lghuli. Ed. by Leo van Kessel. Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House
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:
- PP MS 20-3 ( SOAS manuscript number )
PP MS 20-3c ( SOAS manuscript number )
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