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024 7    |a MS 380529 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 380529a |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Utenzi wa Kadhi Kasim bin Jaafari or Utenzi wa Qadhwi Qasim (MS 380529a) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c [n.d.].
490        |a Knappert Collection : Utenzi wa Kadhi Kasim bin Jaafari.
500        |a Biographical information: The poet was a member of the al-Buhry family, a well-known family in Tanga. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were poets, and his grandfather was the Mazrui governor of Mtang’ata. The published works of Hemed Abdallah Said al-Buhry include the History of Africa that was published in 1952 as a supplement to Tanzania Notes and Records, in a translation by E.C. Baker, a work that was said (by the author’s son) to have been written at the request of German officials. His published poems are Utenzi wa Seyyidna Huseni bin Ali; Utenzi wa Kutawafu Kwa Nabii; Utendi wa Qiyama; Utenzi wa Vita vya Wadachi Kutamalaki Mrima; Utenzi wa Abdirrahmani na Sifiyani; and Utenzi wa Kadhi Kassim bin Jaafar.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1900 AD1318
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
500        |a Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, March 1993
500        |a Poetic Form: Utenzi
500        |a Extent: 53 leaves
500        |a Incipit: Kala nitunge shairi, niname nitafakuri, muwini hadithi swaghiri, napenda kuwaswifiya
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/149191397
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Tanga Region -- Tanga
500        |a Publication information: Hemed Abdallah Said al-Buhry. 1974. Utenzi wa Kadhi Kassim bin Jaafar. Dar es Salaam: Chuo cha Uchunguzi wa Lugha ya Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a In this utenzi, a sultan’s wife demonstrates to her husband the fallibility of his vizier, Kadhi Kasim bin Jaafari. Kasim’s father, Kaadhi Jaafar, longed for a son (stanza 30). When God granted him one at last, he took great care with the boy’s upbringing. The child was well schooled in religious studies, and when he grew up he had little interest in worldly matters or in women. With the death of Jaafar (stanza 48), Sultan Marwan loses his most valued advisor. He asks Kasim to become vizier in his father’s place. Kasim is a great success in this role, and his eminence surpasses even his father’s. But the Sultan’s wife, on hearing Kadhi Kasim’s praises from her husband, insists that the Kadhi is not impervious to the influence of women. She cites the story of Joseph, a prophet of God who was tempted by a married woman (stanza 87). The queen and sultan agree that the queen should devise a means of testing Kadhi Kasim, the sultan insisting that the exercise will prove the virtue of his advisor. The queen calls a council of women and explains that she wants to test Kadhi Kasim. The prettiest woman is chosen to be the Kadhi’s temptress, and a plan is devised. An old woman promises that Kadhi Kasim will be persuaded to commit robbery and murder as well as fornication, and to indulge in drunkenness (stanzas 134-135). The beautiful woman ornaments herself and chooses her clothing carefully. As Kasim is on his way to prayer, she falls at his feet, saying that she will be killed because she has been robbed of jewels that she borrowed from the queen. Kadhi Kasim is persuaded to accompany her home. There he is persuaded that by lying with her he would be following the path of his father, who, he is told, committed such sin secretly and sought forgiveness from God (245). The beautiful woman then persuades Kadhi Kasim to steal the queen’s jewellery to prove his love for her and to murder the watchman who has evidence of the theft. Kadhi Kasim is told that drunkenness will absolve him of responsibility for murder. When the queen receives proof of Kadhi Kasim’s deeds, she and the Other women rejoice. The sultan calls Kadhi Kasim, who acknowledges his actions, blaming them on the trickery of women (388-391). The Sultan then concedes to the queen, comments on the corrupting power of women and forgives Kadhi Kasim.
533        |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.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650    0 |a Swahili poetry.
650    0 |a Islam.
650    0 |a Legends.
650        |a Uislamu.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
655    4 |a Poem.
655    4 |a Utenzi.
655    7 |a Poetry |2 LCTGM
700 1    |a Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah, |e author, primary.
752        |a Tanzania |b Tanga Region |d Tanga.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Tanzania Collection.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a Jan Knappert Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000321/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/03/21/00001/00_likelyPUBLICdomainthm.jpg
997        |a African Collections


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