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024 7    |a MS 45022 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 45022b |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Utenzi wa Qatirifu (Wadi Isban) (MS 45022b) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c [19th century].
490        |a Taylor Papers : Swahili Verses.
500        |a Biographical information: Abu Bakr bin Mwengo, who is named by Knappert (1969) as the author of Utenzi wa Isubani, is described in that version of the poem as a natiive of Lamu who lived in Pate
500        |a Date of Composition is unknown
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
500        |a Dialects: Northern
500        |a Poetic Form: Utenzi
500        |a Extent: 16 leaves
500        |a Purchased from Mrs W.E. Taylor for £10, March 1930 (entered in Accession Book 21 January 1942)
500        |a Incipit: Bismillahi andika wahdahuu laa sharika ndiye mwenye mamlaka yake ye pweke amuri
500        |a See SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 47779 and MS 380552
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
500        |a Scribe: Kijuma, Muhammad
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1969. The Utenzi wa Katirifu or Ghazwa ya Sesebani. Afrika und Ubersee 52: 81-104 and 264-313.
500        |a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press; pp. 76-82
500        |a Publication information: Abou Egl, Mohammad. 1983. The life and works of Muhamadi Kijuma. PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London
506        |a This item is believed to be in the public domain
520 3    |a The second poem of this MS is the religious poem known as ‘Utenzi wa Wadi Isban’, rendered here as ‘Utenzi wa Qatirifu’. The same poem with transliteration is to be found is MS 47779 and MS 380552 (Hichens collection). This poem was given to Rev. John Williamson by Kijumwa in 1940. The writing of the scribe is difficult to read, and his spelling is erratic. The manuscript exemplifies (see, for example, the first several lines) the manipulation of Arabic words to fit the Swahili rhyme scheme, resulting in phrases that are neither properly Swahili nor correct Arabic. The poem narrates about a battle in a Valley, the Wadi Isban, between the Prophet Mohammed’s army and the army of an unbeliever, Katirifu. It is written in northern dialect, with borrowings from Arabic. In brief, the poem narrates of a Jew named Amri, who wants to become a Muslim and he is travelling to Mecca to see Mohammed. On his way, Amri meets a shepherd and inquires about the owner of a beautiful house visible in the distance. The shepherd explains that the palace belongs to a tyrant and his daughter Hasina, both of whom are unbelievers. A man named Katirifu wishes to marry Hasina, but as her bride price the princess has demanded that Katirifu kill Mohammed and Ali, against whom her husband fought in the battle of Badr, in which he died. Hasina and Katirifu made an agreement, and Katirifu went to gather his troops. The poem contains 450 stanzas, of one line in each stanza.
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 Islam.
650    0 |a Legends.
650        |a Religious belief.
650    0 |a Swahili poetry.
650    0 |a Warfare, Conventional.
650    0 |a Military art and science.
650        |a Imani za kidini.
650        |a Uislamu.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    0 |a Faith.
650    7 |a Muḥammad, Prophet, -643. |2 LCNA
650        |a Prophet Mohammed.
650    7 |a Fāṭimah -632 or 633. |2 LCNA
650        |a Fatima.
650    7 |a Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634. |2 LCNA
650        |a Abu Bakr.
650    7 |a ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661. |2 LCNA
650        |a علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661.
655    4 |a Poem.
655    4 |a Utenzi.
655    7 |a Poetry |2 LCTGM
700        |a Abu bakr bin Mwengo, |e author, primary.
700 1    |a Kijuma, Muhammad. |4 ctb
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a Literatures.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a W. E. Taylor Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c Literatures
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000391/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/03/91/00001/00071thm.jpg
997        |a Literatures


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