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|a MS 53508 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 53508a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Shairi la Abdallah bin Songora (MS 53508a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection : Swahili Poetry. |
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|a Date of Composition is unknown |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: KiAmu |
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|a Poetic Form: Shairi - takhmis (long-measure verse) |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948 |
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|a Extent: 12 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Nanze kuhimidi ya Mungu kwenye meteo |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast |
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|a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed. |
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|a The poem contained in this first section of MS 53508 begins ‘Qala Abdalla bin Songora’, which means Abdalla bin Songora said. This is a common opening for short poems by little-known poets. We do not have biographical information on Abdalla bin Songora(o). He uses the northern dialect, and states in the poem itself that he was not a proper poet. The poem is a religious takhmisi with five lines in each of the 38 stanzas comprising the poem. As often in religious poems, the introduction is a prayer in the name of God and a request to God to help the Prophet Mohammed and his companions, as well as the Prophet’s descendants (Stanza 1 to 6). The poem begins at Stanza 7, and uses, in order, a letter of the Arabic alphabet in the first line of each stanza. In a fashion similar to the Miraji (Mss 53497c; 53497h), the poem discusses the journey to Paradise, and to Hell. |
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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 Swahili poetry. |
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|a Islam. |
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|a Religious belief. |
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|a Legends. |
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|a Religious poetry. |
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|a Imani za kidini. |
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|a Uislamu. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Faith. |
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|a Muḥammad, Prophet, -635. |2 LCNA |
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|a Prophet Mohammed. |
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|a Poem. |
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|a Shairi. |
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|a Takhmis. |
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|a Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Shayari. |
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|a bin Songoro, Abdallah, |e author, primary. |
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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 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/LSMD000242/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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