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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000322/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- The narrative is the same as in MS 380529a, with small variations within lines. Stanzas 353 - 384, which would belong to pages 23 and 24, are missing ( en )
- General Note:
- 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 appeared 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
- General Note:
- Date of Composition: 1900 AD1318
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, March 1993
- General Note:
- Poetic Form: Utenzi
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- Extent: 25 leaves
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- Incipit: Kala nitunge shairi, Niname natafakuri, Mbwene hadithi saghiri, napenda kuwaswifia
- General Note:
- Pages 23 and 24 of the typescript are missing
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/149191397
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Tanga Region -- Tanga
- General Note:
- 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
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 380529 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 380529b ( SOAS manuscript number )
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