Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210010b)
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Material Information

Title:
Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210010b)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Utenzi wa Barasisi
Alternate title:
Barasisi the legend
Added title page title:
Legend of Barasisi
Added title page title:
The Legend of Barsisi [sic]
Creator:
Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
11 f.
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : In black type

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Islam ( LCSH )
Legends ( LCSH )
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Genre:
Essays ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Coordinates:
-9.633997 x 39.778998

Notes

Abstract:
The author of this essay comments on the legend of the monk Barasisi generally and on the Utenzi wa Barasisi. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
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Languages: English (Roman script)
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Extent: 11 leaves
General Note:
Incipit: The legend of Barasisi (the Arabic becoming Barasisi in the Swahilicised form) is associated by early Islamic tradition with Quran lix, 16
General Note:
See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 210011b
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
General Note:
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. 1964. The legend of the Monk Barsis -- a Swahili Version. African Language Studies 5: 17-33.
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan (ed). 1964. Utenzi wa Barasisi wa Saidi bin Abdallah Masu’udi. Swahili 34 (2): 28-37.
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press; pp. 39-41

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
MS 210010 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 210010b ( SOAS manuscript number )