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|a MS 253028 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 253028a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Correspondence with M. Kijuwma (MS 253028a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c 1933 AD (1352 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection : Correspondence. |
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|a Biographical information: Muhammad Kijumwa was born circa 1855 in Lamu. He was a poet, scribe, performer, calligrapher, carpenter, taylor and sculptor who taught his daughter, Helewa, the craft of decorative woodcarving. He assisted many European scholars of Swahili literature, including William Taylor, Alice Werner, Carl Meinhof, H.E. Lambert, William Hichens, Ernst Dammann and John Williamson, and was a well-known member of Lamu society. -- Sir Mbarak Ali Hinawy was born in Mombasa c.1896AD (1314AH). He became Liwali of Mombasa and, after the death of Sir Ali b. Salim, Liwali of the Coast. Shaikh Mbarak, as he was also known, was probably the first non-European to collect manuscripts relating to Swahili literature, and his papers were given by his family, after his death in 1959AD (1379AH), to the university of Dar-es-Salaam archives. His publications together with his surviving papers reveal the depth of his scholarship. (Frankl & Omar, 1993) |
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|a Date of Composition: 1933 AD (1352 A.H.) |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: KiAmu |
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|a From the Hichens Papers via Miss M.C. Bryan (gift), 23 February 1970 |
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|a Extent: 28 leaves |
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|a Incipit: General Correspondence relating to Swahili literature |
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|a Mwalimu Sikujua, an informant of W.E. Taylor, was also known as Mwalimu Sikujua bin Abdalla bin Batawi |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/305366593 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa |
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|a This item is believed to be in the public domain |
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|a This section of MS 253028 contains correspondence primarily between Hichens and Muhammad Kijumwa, but also includes a few letters to Mr Whitton, of Lamu Custom agency that provided the shipping of Swahili manuscripts collected, as well as receiving material for Kijumwa sent from England. Kijumwa was the main source of Swahili literary and historical material for Hichens, in Lamu (see biographical information at item level). The 10 letters included in this section discusses issues related to the following literature: - Utendi na Njiwa na Kozi - Mikidadi na Mayasa - Utendi was Mwana Kupona - Utendi wa Barasisi na Hasina - Utendi wa Miraji Muhammad - Utendi wa Eysha na Muhammad - Al-Inkishafi - Hamziyya The letters by Hichens to Kijumwa tend to deal with questions relating to the content and origins of the various manuscripts, and to the payments due to Kijumwa for his work of transcribing, and of searching for information related to the material. Hichens also seeks information on the history of Lamu, Pate, Siu, and Witu, and about the history of the Sultans, as well as information on traditional medicine, and waganga and watawi. Kijumwa’s letters always begin with an old fashioned greetings in which the person to whom the letter is addressed is highly praised. His letters were transliterated and typed, possibly by Hichens himself, and contain many errors. In this section, there are two letters that have the original, in Arabic script, in MS 47797 (letter 2 of MS 47797 is letter 8 of this section; letter 3 of MS 47797 is letter 5 of this section). Kijumwa informs Hichens that he had met a Kingo(v)zi speaker who can read the Hamziyya. He includes a Kingo(v)zi word lists This section also includes a correspondence between Hichens and Mbarak Ali Hinawy, from Mombasa, in English, regarding the publication of the Utendi wa Mwana Kupona and Miqdad na Mayasa. Hichens thanks Mbarak Ali Hinawy for having secured a copy of Al-Inkishafi, and he also reflects upon the importance of collecting as many MS as possible in order to write a complete history of Swahili literature. Hinawy confirms that the great scholar, Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui has agreed to collaborate with them. |
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|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. |
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|a Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Swahili Literature. |
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|a Swahili poetry. |
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|a Africa, East. |
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|a East Africa. |
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|a Africa, East -- History. |
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|a East Africa -- History. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Afrika, Mashariki - Historia. |
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|a Sikujua, Mwalimu. |
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|a Bwana Hemedi. |
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|a Letter. |
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|a Correspondence |2 LCTGM |
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|a Personal correspondence |2 LCGFT |
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|a Kijuma, Muhammad, |e author, primary. |
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|a Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959. |4 ctb |
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|a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Lamu |g Lamu Island. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a African Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts Collections. |
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|a Kenya Collection. |
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|a Bantu Collections. |
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|a William Hichens Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000159/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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