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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000177/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Waadhi wa Fuadi (MS 34882b)
- Series Title:
- Hichens Collection :
- Creator:
- Amina Sayyid Amin ( Author, Primary )
- Publication Date:
- [n.d.]
- Language:
- Swahili
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Handwritten manuscript : In black and red ink on ruled paper
Notes
- Abstract:
- This portion of MS 34882 contains a waadhi, or religious admonition. Like many Other poems of its genre, this waadhi insists upon the imminence of death and includes narration of the events that will follow death. The behaviour of friends and relatives receives particular attention in this poem, which dwells on how quick they will be to forget the deceased. Like many Other authors in this genre, Amina Sayyid Amin writes that she is addressing herself, and instructing her own heart. The poem, which is elegantly written, includes admonition on such matters as the need to respect the poor and weak, and describes the loneliness of the grave and how after death one’s limbs will speak, reporting the evil deeds they committed; this latter point is contained in the Qur’an. ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Composition: 1914 AD1330
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
- General Note:
- Dialects: KiAmu
- General Note:
- Poetic Form: Utenzi
- General Note:
- Extent: 18 pages
- General Note:
- Incipit: Qaratasi maalumu, midadi Ali ya Rumu, na ya sufuri kalamu, yeo nazitaka hima
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
- General Note:
- Purchased from Mrs Ashton, 14 May 1938
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 34882 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 34882b ( SOAS manuscript number )
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