Fragment of Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 380066d)
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Material Information

Title:
Fragment of Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 380066d)
Series Title:
Knappert Collection : Utenzi wa Muhammad Kijumwa Kumuusia Mwanawe Helewa na mashairi mengine
Creator:
[s.n.]
Faraji Bwana Mkuu ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : In ink, in an unbound exercise book

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Islam ( LCSH )
Philosophy ( LCSH )
Uislamu
Gabriel (Archangel) ( LCSH )
Jibril ( Michael (Archangel) )
LCSH ( Mikail )
Michael (Archangel)
Muḥammad, Prophet, -641 ( LCNA )
Prophet Mohammed
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
This utenzi describes the testing of Moses by the angels Michael and Jibril, who are disguised as a hawk and a dove. The dove greets Moses and asks for his protection, which the prophet extends. It is soon followed by a hawk that criticises Moses for hindering its hunting, which was ordained by God. In the ensuing dispute, the hawk and the dove insist on the justice of their desires; but in this copy the poem breaks of in about the 27th stanza. The scribe prefaces the poem with a note commenting that it is an utenzi that also conforms to the waji waji poetic form. The poem is also known as Hadithi ya Mtumi Musa, and is thus called in the Allen collection. Abou Egl (1983) notes that the title of one manuscript version of the poem, being entirely in Arabic, indicates that it was translated from that language, and he presents evidence that the translator was Kujumwa himself. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: The author of Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi is unknown. Mohammad Abou Egl (1983) suggests that Muhammad Kijumwa translated the poem from Arabic for William Hichens around 1933.
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Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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Poetic Form: Utenzi
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Purchased from Dr J. Knappert
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Extent: 7 small pages
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Incipit: Nanda kubaini kwa isimu yake karimu na Rahmani baadaye kuirasimu
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Some pages appear to have been torn away, and the poem breaks off abruptly
General Note:
Other copy: Several manuscript versions of the complete poem are held at SOAS University of London. See MS 53497; MS 27988, vol 1, p 5; microfilm reel 8, MS 264 (from the Allen collection); and microfilm reel CI MS 53 (from the Allen collection). The manuscripts vary slightly in title and content. The utenzi was published in Germany by Ernst Dammann: “Eine Suaheli Dichtung Uber Moses den Habicht und die Taube” in Zeitschrift fuer Eingeborenen Sprachen (Hamburg) vol xxviii (1936-38).
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
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Scribe: Faraji Bwana Mkuu
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Publication information: Abou Egl, Mohammad. 1983. The life and works of Muhamadi Kijuma. PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London.
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Publication information: Dammann, E. 1960. Kozi na Ndiwa. Afrika und Ubersee, 44:207-218

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 380066 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 380066d ( SOAS manuscript number )