Duri li Mandhuma na Wajiwaji (MS 53496c)
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Material Information

Title:
Duri li Mandhuma na Wajiwaji (MS 53496c)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection :
Creator:
Sayyid ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al Ahdal ( Author, Primary )
Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : Green bound small book; typescript with black ink, and few inserted handwritten notes

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Religious poetry ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Islam ( LCSH )
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Faith ( LCSH )
Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) Committee to the East African Dependencies ( LCNA )
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
The third section of the manuscript, of 6 pages, contains a typed copy, in roman script, of a waadhi, in the form of a poem, entitled ‘Duri li Mandhuma’ by Sayyid ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al Ahdal, that has been extensively described in Mss 210006, 210007, 210008 (all in Arabic script). By the same author, we find, in the final section of the MS, a typed copy, in roman script, of another waadhi, also in the form of a poem, entitled ‘Wajiwaji’. The poem was transliterated by M. Kijumwa, in 1936. The poem is followed by notes, probably by W. Hichens, as well as a description of the poem of the most relevant words, and handwritten notes and drawings, by Muhammad Kijumwa. The last pages provide another copy of the poem, with English translation. ( 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’. -- Muhammad Kijumwa was born circa 1855 in Lamu. He was a poet, scribe, performer, calligrapher, carpenter, taylor and sculptor who taught his daughter, Helewa, the craft of decorative woodcarving. He assisted many European scholars of Swahili literature, including William Taylor, Alice Werner, Carl Meinhof, H.E. Lambert, William Hichens, Ernst Dammann and John Williamson, and was a well-known member of Lamu society.
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Date of Composition: circa 1850 AD (circa 1266 A.H.)
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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Poetic Form: Utenzi
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Extent: 40 leaves
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Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
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Incipit: Andika mwandishi khati utuze,
General Note:
See SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 210006/7/8 and MS 53400 (Dura li Mandhuma), and MS 380554b (Wajiwaji)
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See also SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 210006/7/8 and MS 380554b
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VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : record number 250560982, URI : http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
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VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
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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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Publication information: Harries, Lyndon. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford: Clarendon Press; pp. 118-127. (For ‘Duri li Mandhuma’).
General Note:
Publication information: Shariff, Ibrahim Noor. 1988. Tungo Zetu. Trenton, New Jersey: Red Sea Press., pp. 56-57. (For ‘Wajiwaji’)

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 53496c ( SOAS manuscript number )