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|a MS 253028 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 253028g |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Correspondence with M. Kijumwa (MS 253028g) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c 1936 AD (1355 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: 1936 AD (1355 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: 20 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Bismillahi. Ila jenab muyyedi 19a jil l-karim l-mukaram l-aqim Bana Hichens salaamu taha illahi wa baado kunrathi kulimatiya |
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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 correspondence between Hichens and Mohammed Kijumwa regarding various Swahili literature items, including ‘Mshairi ya bibi binti Yusufu’, ‘Utendi wa Wajiwaji’, and ‘Hadithi ya Lyiongo’. This part includes a letter to Hichens by the German scholar Ernst Dammann about the life of Lyiongo. The last two letters are respectively from Kenya Colonial office and from the School of Oriental and African Studies regarding a manuscript of the History of Lamu by Sir A.C. Hollis, and a list of notebooks and papers. |
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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 Dammann, Ernst, 1904-2003. |2 LCNA |
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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/LSMD000165/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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