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|a MS 380548 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 380548d |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a Mashairi ya Zamani (MS 380548d) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Knappert Collection : Al-Inkishafi, Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona, Mashairi ya Liyongo and other poems. |
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|a Date of Composition is unknown |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script) |
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|a Incipit: Pembe nipigie pembe, kwa kikuni cha mwanga, vumisha siwa mjumbe, uwajulishe malenga |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast |
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|a Donated to SOAS [date uncertain] |
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|a Scribe: Abdalla ba Sheikh |
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|a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed. |
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|a In the first five stanzas of this eight-stanza poem, the poet laments the ascendance of members of the lower class to positions of rank. In the final three stanzas, the poet attacks a person who has sought to harm him. Among the complaints of the poem’s first part are these: that people who once lived in humble houses, even sheltering in the shade of trees, now live in storied homes; that people who once smelled of fish now scent themselves with jasmine; that once people employed to skin animals did not dare to praise themselves; that people who were once employed to carry huge sacks of flour to celebrations are now themselves participants in the festivities; that people who were once farmers and herders, and knew nothing of the city, now give orders in it; that people who once had the job of braiding robes, which they did until their hands were worn out and they were reduced to begging, now wear turbans and are obeyed throughout the city. |
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|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. |
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|a Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Abdalla ba Sheikh. |4 ctb |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts Collections. |
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|a Jan Knappert Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000344/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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