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024 7    |a PP MS 20-3 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a PP MS 20-3c |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Utenzi wa Ras li Ghuli (PP MS 20-3c) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c [n.d.].
490        |a Allen Collection : Swahili poetry.
500        |a 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
500        |a Date of Composition is unknown
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script) and Swahili (Roman script)
500        |a Dialects: KiAmu
500        |a Poetic Form: Utenzi
500        |a Extent: 197 leaves
500        |a Donated to SOAS in 1982
500        |a Incipit: Note for the introduction to Ras/Ghul
500        |a See SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380272 (Knappert)
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Mgeni bin Faqihi : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/62882202
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Bagamoyo
500        |a Asia -- Arabian Peninsula -- Yemen
500        |a 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.
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press; pp.
500        |a Publication information: Mgeni bin Faqihi. 1979. Utenzi wa Rasi’lghuli. Ed. by Leo van Kessel. Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a 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.
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 Mythology.
650    0 |a History.
650        |a Imani za kidini.
650        |a Uislamu.
650    0 |a Faith.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    7 |a Muḥammad, Prophet, -636. |2 LCNA
650    7 |a Prophet Mohammed. |2 LCNA
650        |a Ras li Ghuli.
650    7 |a ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661. |2 LCNA
650        |a علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661.
650        |a Omar.
655    4 |a Poem.
655    4 |a Utenzi.
655    7 |a Poetry |2 LCTGM
700        |a Mgeni bin Faqihi, |e author, primary.
752        |a Tanzania |b Pwani Region |d Bagamoyo.
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/LSMD000110/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/01/10/00001/00_likelyPUBLICdomainthm.jpg
997        |a African Collections


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