Maulidi-Mukhtasar (MS 53496a)
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Material Information

Title:
Maulidi-Mukhtasar (MS 53496a)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection :
Creator:
Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( Author, Primary )
Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Bin Rashid, Abdalla ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten and typescript manuscript : Green bound small book; handwritten with black ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Religious poetry ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Islam ( LCSH )
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Faith ( LCSH )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
The first 27 pages of MS 53496 contain a handwritten and transliterated draft of a poem that has been entitled ‘The Mukhtasar’, by Sh. Sayyid Mansab, a Sharif from Lamu. Literally, ‘mukhtasar’ means ‘a shortened version’, and the lead researcher doubts that this is the real name of the poem. It is certainly a Maulidi poem of 84 stanzas, narrating the life of the Prophet. The name of the scribe, Abdallah b. Rashid, appears at the end of the poem. There is also a translation in English of 14 stanzas. Much of the material in this section is written on the back of Other documents. Only the handwritten pages are relevant. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: Harries (1962) writes that Sayyid ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al Ahdal was a sharif from Yemen who migrated to Siu where he became a Kadhi sometimes in 1856 AD (1273 AH). He was a well-known poet who also wrote ‘Wajiwaji’.
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Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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Extent: 86 leaves
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Incipit: The Mukhtasar of Sheikh Sayyid Mansab. First draft transliteration.
General Note:
Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
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VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
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Scribe: Abdalla b. Rashid
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1971. Swahili Islamic Poetry, Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
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Publication information: Harries, L. 1958. Maulid Barzanji. The Swahili Abridgement of Seyyid Mansab. Afrika und Ubersee, 42: 27-39

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 53496 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53496a ( SOAS manuscript number )