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|a MS 53505 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 53505a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Swahili Prosody (MS 53505a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c 1943 AD (1362 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection :. |
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|a Biographical information: Sir Mbarak Ali Hinawy was born in Mombasa c.1896AD (1314AH). He became Liwali of Mombasa and, after the death of Sir Ali b. Salim, Liwali of the Coast. Shaikh Mbarak, as he was also known, was probably the first non-European to collect manuscripts relating to Swahili literature, and his papers were given by his family, after his death in 1959AD (1379AH), to the university of Dar-es-Salaam archives. His publications together with his surviving papers reveal the depth of his scholarship. (Frankl & Omar, 1993) |
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|a Date of Composition: circa 1943 AD (circa 1362 A.H.) |
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|a Languages: English (Roman script) |
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|a Extent: 1 vol. |
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|a Incipit: ‘O black and unknown bards of long ago,/ How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948 |
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|a See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 53504a is a similar typescript, with some differences in corrections and with the first few pages out of sequence; it lacks the introductory quotation of this manuscript and the final notes on ‘Present-day Verse.’ |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1951 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/305366593 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/39558103 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa |
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|a Publication information: Hichens, William (and Mbarak Ali Hinawy). 1962/ 63. Swahili prosody. Swahili 33 (1): 107-137 |
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|a This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed. |
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|a The essay on Swahili prosody contained in this manuscript includes a discussion of verse forms, an attempt to outline metres in terms of stressed and unstressed syllables, and many translations of Swahili poems into English verse. It resembles the article published in the journal Swahili (1962/ 63). As the prefatory note to that article indicates, scholars have suspected that William Hichens cannot rightly be named as the sole author of this work; and in the introduction to the present manuscript Hichens himself indicates a debt to Sheikh Mbarak Ali Hinawy and Kadhi Sheikh Al-Amin bin Ali Al-Mazrui of Mombasa. The information obtained from them must have been considerable. See also the manuscript on prosody by Sheikh Al-Amin (MS 380746). |
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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 Poetry. |
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|a Literary forms and genres. |
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|a Swahili poetry. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Ushairi. |
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|a Literary form. |
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|a Essays |2 LCGFT |
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|a Translation. |
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|a Hichens, William, -1951, |e author, primary. |
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|a Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959. |4 ctb |
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|a Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali. |4 ctb |
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|a Kenya |b Mombasa County |d Mombasa. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a African Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts Collections. |
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|a Kenya Collection. |
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|a Bantu 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/LSMD000236/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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