Qasida (MS 380526b)
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Title:
Qasida (MS 380526b)
Series Title:
Knappert Collection : Swahili Verses
Creator:
[s.n.]
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Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : Black ink on thin paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Religious poetry ( LCSH )
Islam ( LCSH )
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Takhmis
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Shayari
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Coordinates:
-9.633997 x 39.778998

Notes

Abstract:
This section contains eleven Kasida, Islamic religious poems often based on the Koran. Five are in the shairi form, and six in the takhmisi form with fifteen vowels in each line of the paragraph. One of the takhmisi is a translation of the Sura al-Humazah of the Koran. ( en )
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Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: Northern
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Poetic Form: Shairi - takhmis (long-measure verse)
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Extent: 14 leaves
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Incipit: Bismillahi karimu, Arrahmani ‘Rrahiymu, Himidi ndako dawamu, NaswalatuNda Nabiya
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, 10 March 1993
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1971. Swahili Islamic Poetry, Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
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Publication information: Abdulaziz, M.H. 1996. The Influence of the Qasida on the development of Swahili rhymed and metred verse. in Sperl & Schackle (eds). Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa. Brill, Leiden

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 380526 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 380526b ( SOAS manuscript number )