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024 7    |a MS 47779 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 47779e |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Maulidi al-Azabi (MS 47779e) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c 1933 AD (1352 A.H.).
490        |a Hichens Collection : Swahili Tracts.
500        |a Biographical information: SOAS manuscript MS 380739a gives the date of birth of Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman (Mwenye Mansab) as 1223 AH (1808 AD), and that of his death as 1340 (1921); Knappert (1999) gives 1828-1922 AD. -- Mwenye Mansab was born in Lamu. He was well-known as a man of intense religious devotion who spent his days in Lamu’s Rawdha mosque, where he wrote religious poems and translated Arabic religious texts into Swahili poems. He was a respected source of information on questions of religion, known for his ability to respond instantly to queries. Many of his exchanges with questioners are recounted in stories. One concerns his assertion that through good acts people earned themselves houses in heaven (‘umejengewa nyumba,’ he would tell someone who had acted well). When asked once whether heaven must not be growing terribly crowded with houses, Mwenye Mansab responded that not only did good acts build them, but bad ones tore them down, and in heaven as many houses were being demolished as were being constructed. -- Knappert (1971) reports that the author in Arabic, Muhammad al-Azabi, described his own work as a poetic rendering of the prose maulid of Imam as-Sayyid Ja’far al-Barzanj
500        |a Date of Composition is unknown
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
500        |a Dialects: KiAmu
500        |a Extent: 8 pages
500        |a Incipit: Taitia kati ya wasifuo, henda kazipata tatuko zao, ila sitoyua kwa lugha yao, tanena Kiamu mutafahama
500        |a Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, June 1945
500        |a The name ‘Al-Azabi,’ rather than ‘Al-Arabi’ or ‘Al-Azbi,’ is used here based on Knappert (1971). See that publication for a version of the poem similar to that contained in SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380561a. See also MSS 380561a and 380553a.
500        |a Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman is also sometimes spelled "Masab bin Abdirrahman" and "Sayyid Mansab bin Abdulrahman" or "Sayyid Abubakar bin Abdulrahman bin Abubakar" as well as "Mwenye Mansab".
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
500        |a Scribe: Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Yunus Al-Sa’di
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1971. Swahili Islamic Poetry, Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill; pp. 102-131.
500        |a Publication information: Harries, L. 1958. Maulid Barzanji. The Swahili Abridgement of Seyyid Mansab. Afrika und Ubersee, 42: 27-39.
500        |a Publication information: Dammann, Ernst. 1940. Dichtungen in der Lamu Mundart des Suaheli. Hamburg, pp. 276-284
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a This portion of MS 47779 contains a version of the Maulid al-Azabi that has an introduction and six sections. Within the Maulid, each Swahili verse follows its Arabic original. The introduction treats the benefits of reading the Maulid, such as protection at home from fire and from thieves. The first section of the Maulid praises and thanks God; the second treats the lineage and birth of the Prophet Mohammed; the third (at the beginning of which listeners stand) eulogizes the Prophet; the fourth treats Mohammed’s adoption by Halima; and the fifth describes the miiraj, the Prophet’s miraculous journey to the heavens. The sixth section is a prayer. The scribe’s small handwriting and his use of Arabic script may present challenges to the reader.
533        |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.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650    0 |a Islam.
650        |a Religious practice.
650        |a Religious belief.
650    0 |a Biography.
650    0 |a Swahili poetry.
650        |a Kuzaliwa kwa Mtume.
650        |a Imani za kidini.
650        |a Uislamu.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    0 |a Faith.
650        |a Mazoezi ya kidini.
650    0 |a Islam -- Customs and practices.
655    4 |a Maulid.
655    4 |a مَولِد النَّبِي‎‎.
655    4 |a ميلاد.
655    4 |a Translation.
700        |a Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman. |4 trl
700        |a Muhammad Al-Azabi. |4 ctb
700        |a Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Yunus Al-Sa’di. |4 ctb
752        |a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Lamu |g Lamu Island.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Kenya Collection.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a William Hichens Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000186/00001 |y Electronic Resource
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997        |a African Collections


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