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|a MS 263325 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 263325b |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Mashairi ya Muyaka (MS 263325b) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection : Diwani ya Muyaka bin Haji al Ghassani. |
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|a Biographical information: Muyaka bin Haji lived in Mombasa between AD 1776-1840, and was one of the most outstanding poets of the mashairi genre. According to Abdulaziz (1979) Muyaka wrote some 150 poems of popular Swahili poetry, and the themes of his poetry touch on the cultural and political life of his community of that time. -- 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 is unknown |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: KiAmu and KiMvita |
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|a Poetic Form: Shairi |
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|a Extent: 109 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Litakapo kukutana. Simba ndume na wambuji, sikizani ‘tatongoa, |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/287869854 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982 |
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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 -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa |
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|a Donated by the International African Institute (from Dr J. Knappert), 19 February 1971 |
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|a Publication information: Hichens, W. 1940. Diwani ya Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassaniy. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. |
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|a Publication information: Abdulaziz, M.H. 1979 (repr. 1994). Muyaka 19th century Swahili Popular Poetry. Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi. |
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|a Publication information: Harries, L. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford University Press, London. |
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|a Publication information: Knappert, J. 1979. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse. Heinemann, London. |
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|a Publication information: Harries, L. 1957. The Swahili Quatrain. Afrika und Ubersee, 41:67-72 |
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|a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed. |
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|a This section of MS 263325 contains the poems of Muyaka bin Haji, typed by Hichens. It may be that the transliteration of the poems was done by Mwalimu Sikujua who gave the copies to Taylor, and they were subsequently given to Hichens. After the section containing the poems, Hichens provides an index of all the poems called ‘Faharasa ya Mashairi’, in alphabetical order by means of the first line of each poem, and he also gives the reference page. In the manuscript the poems have been given a title, probably by Hichens or by Mwalimu Sikujua, that reflects the content of the poem. However, many readers may identify the poems more easily by the first line. This part is followed by 17 pages of scattered handwritten notes on the various themes contained in Muyaka poetry, with reference to the poems; and by 23 pages of notes provided to Hichens by Mbarak Ali Hinawy about the life and works of Muyaka. This final section ends with the poems ‘Simba ndume na wambuji’ and ‘Kupani’ (should be rendered as ‘Hupani’), with handwritten translation in English. |
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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 poetry. |
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|a Popular poetry. |
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|a History. |
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|a Africa, East. |
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|a East Africa. |
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|a Poem. |
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|a Shairi. |
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|a Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Shayari. |
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|a Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840, |e author, primary. |
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|a Hichens, William, -1944. |4 ctb |
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|a Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959. |4 ctb |
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|a Kenya |b Mombasa County |d Mombasa. |
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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/LSMD000174/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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