34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b)
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Title:
34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b)
Series Title:
Knappert Collection : Utenzi wa Ras li Ghuli
Creator:
Mgeni bin Faqihi ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : In black type, with notes and corrections in blue ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Translation
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Coordinates:
-9.633997 x 39.778998

Notes

Abstract:
This manuscript contains 34 stanzas of the Epic of Ras Li Ghuli, with corrections and notes. Many notes relate to translation, referring to the rendering (in French or English) of single words; but the insight this manuscript provides into translation of the stanzas is quite limited. ( 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. The source of the corrections and notes in this particular partial manuscript is unknown.
General Note:
Date of Composition: circa 1855 AD (circa 1271 A.H.)
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Poetic Form: Utenzi
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Extent: 12 leaves
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Incipit: Mazidi akisikia, akimwambia Alia, nimetumwa kukujuia, pamwe kukupa hazari
General Note:
This manuscript consists of three typescripts of four leaves each. Two typescripts contain no corrections. The third, heavily corrected, contains an additional (34th) stanza in ink. The heading (struck out in the corrected typescript) reads ‘Utenzi wa Ras Li Ghuli, translated by Rev. Sacleux.’
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VIAF (name authority) : Mgeni bin Faqihi : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/62882202
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, November 1979
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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.
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press.
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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 380272b ( SOAS manuscript number )