Utendi wa Kutawafu Nabii (PP MS 20-3e)
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Title:
Utendi wa Kutawafu Nabii (PP MS 20-3e)
Series Title:
Allen Collection : Swahili poetry
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten and typescript manuscript : Typescript with black ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Islam ( LCSH )
Religious poetry ( LCSH )
Legends ( LCSH )
Mythology ( LCSH )
Oral literature
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Gabriel (Archangel) ( LCSH )
Jibril
Muḥammad, Prophet, -642 ( LCNA )
Prophet Mohammed
Fāṭimah -632 or 633 ( LCNA )
Fatima
Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634 ( LCNA )
Abu Bakr
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Al Madinah Province -- Arabian Peninsula -- Medina Governate -- Medina
Coordinates:
24.466667 x 39.6

Notes

Abstract:
This section of PP MS 20-3 contains the famous religious poem ‘Utendi wa Kutawafu Nabii’ concerning the death of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina. Information about the death of the Prophet is found in the Hadithi (religious book written by the Prophet’s companions) upon which this poem is based. The present Utendi however provides a narrative full of additional legends and myths not to be found in the Hadithi. This is typical of Swahili poems based upon religious themes. The poem itself is of great interest and merit, especially because it gives a rare and unselfconscious popular view of the Islamic teaching on what happens at death. ( en )
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Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script) and Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: Northern
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Poetic Form: Utenzi
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Extent: 84 leaves
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Donated to SOAS in 1982
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Incipit: Nanda yina la Ilahi awwali Bismillahi pweke asio shabihi Subuhana wa Ta’ala
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Asia -- Arabian Peninsula -- Saudi Arabia -- Al Madinah Province -- Medina Governate -- Medina
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Publication information: Allen, King, Knappert. 1991. A poem concerning the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Utendi wa Kutawafu Nabii. The Edwin Mellen Presss, Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter.
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Publication information: Allen, JWT. 1956. Utendi wa Kutawafu Nabii. Supplement to the Journal of the East African Swahili Commitee, 26.
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Publication information: Knappert, J. 1964. Utendi wa Kutawafu Nabii. Swahili, 34/2.
General Note:
Buttner, C.G. 1894. Anthologie der Suaheli-Literatur. Emil Felber, Berlin

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 20-3e ( SOAS manuscript number )