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|a MS 253028 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 253028e |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Correspondence with M. Kijumwa (MS 253028e) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c 1935 AD (1354 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. |
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|a Date of Composition: 1935 AD (1354 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: 19 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Illa jenab...wa bado barua yako na sjillingi orbaini zimewasiliya; ishrini nimempa mwenye Hamzia. |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island |
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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 1 letter to Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui by Hichens thanking him for the Hadithi ya Barasisi. There follow 3 letters between Hichens and Kijumwa with information on Hamziyya, Utendi wa Ayubu, Mashairi ya Lyiongo, Al-Inkishafi, Hadithy ya Barasisi, et al. The section concludes with a letter to Mr Whitton by Hichens asking for the revision of a typescript, with the help of ‘some local Native authorities’. |
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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 Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Mr Whitton. |
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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 Hichens, William, -1944. |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/LSMD000163/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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