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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000406/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Hadithi ya Waladi Isibani (MS 47755e)
- Series Title:
- Taylor Papers : Swahili Scripts and Transliterations
- Creator:
- Abu Bakr bin Mwengo ( Author, Primary )
- Publication Date:
- circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.)
- Language:
- Swahili
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Handwritten manuscript : Black ink on thin old yellow paper. Each pages is contained within two blank pages as protection for the poem
Notes
- Abstract:
- This is the well-known poem written by Abu Bakr bin Mwengo 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 a northern dialect, with borrowings from Arabic, and it contains 421 stanzas. The manuscript contains many inaccuracies that are best revealed and corrected through comparison with another (if also imperfect) version, such as that of MS 380552 or that of Knappert (1969). A complete outline of the story is to be found in MS 380522. Because the pages are quite damaged, each one is contained within two blank pages as a way of better preserving the poem. ( en )
- General Note:
- 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
- General Note:
- Date of Composition is unknown
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
- General Note:
- Dialects: Northern
- General Note:
- Extent: 16 leaves
- General Note:
- Incipit: Akhi patia kalamu na karatasi ya shamu na kibao muhakamu na upote wa hariri
- General Note:
- See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380552
- General Note:
- See SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380552
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1969. The Utenzi wa Katirifu or Ghazwa ya Sesebani. Afrika und Ubersee 52: 81-104 and 264-313.
- General Note:
- 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.
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1983. Epic Poetry in Swahili and Other African Languages. Brill, Leiden; pp. 74-141
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item is believed to be in the public domain
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 47755 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 47755e ( SOAS manuscript number )
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