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- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000155/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- The author of this essay comments on the legend of the monk Barasisi generally and on the Utenzi wa Barasisi. ( en )
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- 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
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- Incipit: The legend of Barasisi (the Arabic becoming Barasisi in the Swahilicised form) is associated by early Islamic tradition with Quran lix, 16
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- See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 210010b
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- VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
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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. 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 210011 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 210011b ( SOAS manuscript number )
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