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|a MS 53494 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 53494a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a Specimens of Swahili Literature in Translation (MS 53494a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.). |
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|a Date of Composition is unknown |
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|a Languages: English (Roman script) |
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|a Incipit: From the Diwani of Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassany. The Lion of the Seas. |
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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 -- Swahili Coast |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948 |
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|a This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed. |
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|a This manuscript contains 25 poems, by various poets, translated into English by W Hichens. The first five poems are by Muyaka bin Haji and are entitled, in the translated version, in order, ‘The Lion of the Seas’, ‘Silence’, ‘Thy Friends’, ‘Remorse’, and ‘Fortune’. The originals in Swahili can be found in MS 263325. These poems are followed by three poems entitled ‘The Fickle Maid’, ‘ The Princess of Gongwa’, and ‘O Flower of mine’, dated AD 1780, by an unknown author of Mombasa. A single poem by Sh. Muhammad bin Abubakar follows, dated AD 1810, entitled ‘The Thankless Bride’. This is followed by a poem entitled ‘The Betrothed’, apparently a heroic drama composed for the Sultan of Pate in 1710. There are then 4 songs attributed to Fumo Liongo, dated AD1250, intercalated with poems from Lamu, Pate, Siu, as well as one poem by Mwalimu Sikujua entitled ‘Their Sons Remain’ (AD 1850), and one poem by Ayub bin Salim entitled ‘Grant me Good Dwelling, Lord’ (AD 1885). The final extracts are, first, from the ‘Utendi wa Liongo’ by Umar bin Abubakar dated 1910 second, a political comic dialogue by an unknown author, dated c.1750, and entitled ‘The Farmer’s Plight’, and, finally, two verses from a dialogue, in poetic form, between Ali bin Athman and Mwalimu Musa, where Mwalimu Musa accuses Ali bin Athman of neglecting the hours of prayer. For the Fumo Liongo poems see also Mss 53492, 53493, 205000. |
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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 Sh. Muhammad bin Abubakar. |
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|a Hichens, William, -1944, |e author, primary. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts 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/LSMD000209/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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