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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000306/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Utenzi wa Ras li Ghuli (MS 380272a)
- Series Title:
- Knappert Collection : Utenzi wa Ras li Ghuli
- Creator:
- Mgeni bin Faqihi ( Author, Primary )
- Publication Date:
- 1964 AD (1384 A.H.)
- Language:
- Swahili
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Typescript manuscript : In black type, with 10 verses on each leaf. The numbering of stanzas is not consecutive, with alternate numbers given for some verses
Notes
- Abstract:
- This is an incomplete manuscript of the Epic of Ras li Ghuli, which in its published version (1979) has 4,584 stanzas. Comparison of analogous sections reveals that this manuscript is not identical to the published version of the poem. The utenzi narrates the victory of Muslim forces, under the leadership of Omar, Ali and the Prophet Mohammed, over Yemen. The Arabic narrative of these events, contained in the book Futuhu ‘lYamani, has traditionally been very popular along the East African coast. ( en )
- General Note:
- Biographical information: The publisher’s preface to the 1979 publication of Ras li Ghuli identifies Sheikh Mgeni bin Faqihi as an Mtumbatu who was born in Unguja. Sheikh Mgeni was a religious teacher in Mbweni, Bagamoyo, and in Bagamoyo he composed this epic, using as his source the Arabic book entitled Futuhu ‘lYamani
- General Note:
- Date of Composition: circa 1855 AD (circa 1271 A.H.)
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
- General Note:
- Poetic Form: Utenzi
- General Note:
- Extent: 151 leaves
- General Note:
- Incipit: Awwali bisumi’llahi, jina la Mola Ilahi, pweke asiye shabihi, ndiye Wahidi Kahari
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Mgeni bin Faqihi : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/62882202
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Bagamoyo
- General Note:
- Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, November 1979
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1968. Brief survey of Swahili literature. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Centre of African Studies, pp 29-34.
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press; pp.
- General Note:
- Publication information: Mgeni bin Faqihi. 1979. Utenzi wa Rasi’lghuli. Ed. by Leo van Kessel. Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 380272 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 380272a ( SOAS manuscript number )
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