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024 7    |a MS 53497 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 53497a |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Utenzi wa Abdurahmani na Sufiani (MS 53497a) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.).
490        |a Hichens Collection : Swahili Poems.
500        |a Biographical information: The poet was a member of the al-Buhry family, a well-known family in Tanga. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were poets, and his grandfather was the Mazrui governor of Mtang’ata. The published works of Hemed Abdallah Said al-Buhry include the History of Africa that appeared in 1952 as a supplement to Tanzania Notes and Records, in a translation by E.C. Baker, a work that was said (by the author’s son) to have been written at the request of German officials. His published poems are Utenzi wa Seyyidna Huseni bin Ali; Utenzi wa Kutawafu Kwa Nabii; Utenzi wa Kadhi Kassim bin Jaafar; Utendi wa Qiyama; Utenzi wa Vita vya Wadachi Kutamalaki Mrima; and Utenzi wa Abdirrahmani na Sifiyani. This manuscript suggests that the poet remembered Utenzi wa Abdirahamani from the recitation of his father, while the published version, more likely correct, states grandfather.
500        |a Date of Composition is unknown
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
500        |a Poetic Form: Utenzi
500        |a Extent: 58 leaves
500        |a Incipit: Awali bisimilahi, jina la Mola Ilahi, pweke asiye shabihi, ndiye wahedi l kahari
500        |a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
500        |a See SOAS University of London manuscript MS 255733a
500        |a See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 255733a
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/149191397
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
500        |a Publication information: Hemed Abdallah Said al-Buhry. 1961. Utenzi wa Abdirrahmani na Sufiyani. Trans by Roland Allen, with notes by JWT Allen. Nairobi: EALB.
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1967. Traditional Swahili Poetry. Brill, Leiden.
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1979. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse. London: Heinemann, pp. 210-217.
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press; pp. 32-33.
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1971. Swahili Islamic Poetry. Brill, Leiden.
500        |a Publication information: Dammann, Ernest. 1940. Dichtungen in der Lamu Mundart des Suaheli. Hamburg, de Gruyter
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a This is an incomplete poem, containing 957 stanzas, narrating the legend of Abdulrahmani and Sufiyani, two historical characters who lived in Mecca at the time of the Prophet and who became Muslims at that time. They were also called Maswahaba because of their support for the Prophet at the time of the rise of Islam in the 6th and 7th century. In the legend, Sufiyani was a Sultan, and Abdulrahmani, the son of Mohammed’s companion Abu Bakr, went to his sultanate to marry his daughter, and to be part of the sultanate’s army. A complete summary of the story is to be found in MS 255733a Further observations regarding the type of language used shows that the scribe, or the transliterator, has written this poem in a recent time. As noted in MS 255733a, the dialects used vary from northern to southern, although the author is from Tanga, in the south. In many instances, the syllables with dental ‘t’ are rendered as ‘cha’, and the dental ‘d’ is rendered as ‘nj’, using southern forms. The rhyming pattern is not always correct. For instance, in stanza 17, kipande 1 and 3 do not have the same final syllables.
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 history.
650    0 |a Legends.
650    0 |a Swahili poetry.
650        |a Uislamu.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    0 |a History -- Religious aspects.
650    0 |a Islam -- History.
650    7 |a Muḥammad, Prophet, -643. |2 LCNA
650        |a Prophet Mohammed.
650    7 |a Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634. |2 LCNA
650        |a Abu Bakr.
650        |a Abduhraman.
650        |a Sufiyani.
655    4 |a Poem.
655    4 |a Utenzi.
655    7 |a Poetry |2 LCTGM
700 1    |a Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah, |e author, primary.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
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/LSMD000214/00001 |y Electronic Resource
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997        |a African Collections


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