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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000149/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- This poem is a religious admonition and prayer composed in an acrostic style. Its title is a Swahili form of the Arabic words ‘ad-duraru al-mandhum,’ meaning ‘strung pearls.’ The acrostic style works as follows. In the first verse, each of the first three vipande begins with the same letter of the Arabic alphabet (alif); in the second verse, each of the first three vipande begins with the next letter (bei), and so forth. Swahili makes no distinction between the sounds represented by certain Arabic letters, a circumstance that is reflected in the poem. ( en )
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- Biographical information: Harries (1962) writes that Sayyid ‘Umar bin ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal was kadhi of Siu around A.D. 1856. He also wrote the poem ‘Wajiwaji.’
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- Date of Composition is unknown
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- Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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- Poetic Form: Utenzi
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- Extent: 6 leaves
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- Incipit: Andika mwandishi khati utuze
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- See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 53500
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- See also SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 210006 and MS 210007
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- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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- The Hichens Papers were donated to SOAS on 17 July 1967
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- Publication information: Harries, Lyndon. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford: Clarendon Press; pp. 118-127
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:
- MS 210008 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 210008a ( SOAS manuscript number )
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