Letters from Slim bin Sa’id bin Slim al-Timami (MS 47769c)
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Title:
Letters from Slim bin Sa’id bin Slim al-Timami (MS 47769c)
Series Title:
Taylor Papers : Swahili letters to W.E. Taylor
Creator:
Slim bin Sa’id bin Slim al-Timami ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Old handwritten pages collated into a larger page and bound in a book with red and gold cover.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa, East ( LCSH )
East Africa
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Genre:
Letter
Correspondence ( LCTGM )
Personal correspondence ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Coordinates:
-4.05466 x 39.66359

Notes

Abstract:
In the two letters contained here the author, Sheilh Slim bin Sa’id bin Slim al-Timani, sends his greeting to Taylor, as well as a poem. In the first letter, he tells Taylor that he has just returned from Pangani, in the Mrima region, and he has just recovered from fever. He also encloses a two lines poem with greetings. The second letter is a rather scrappy note where Sh. Slim asks Taylor for a cloth for a friend. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: Shaykh Slim, who appears to have recently returned Mombasa from Pangani was known to be a msafiri ‘a traveller and trader’ in the East African interior; a mlumbi ‘an eloquent speaker’; and a mshairi ‘a poet’. Regarding the latter, he was known for the poem ‘P’aka Dezi’.
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Date of Composition: 1892 AD (1310 A.H.)
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Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
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Dialects: KiMvita
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Extent: 2 leaves
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Incipit: Wa ba’du na kuarifu nimepata habari umekuja kutoka Ulaya
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Archival history: The letters were collated into the present volume by Hichens
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Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, 14 June 1945
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
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Publication information: Yahya, A Omar & Frankl, P. 1994. Swahili Letters from the Taylor papers (being a study of SOAS MS 47769 & MS 47782). in South African Journal of African Languages, 14 (1), pp. 2-11.
General Note:
Publication information: Yahya, A Omar & Frankl, P. 2001. 14th/19th century Swahili letters from the Taylor papers (Part 3: being fifteen items in SOAS MS 53826). in South African Journal of African Languages, 15 (1), pp. 17-24

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 47769 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 47769c ( SOAS manuscript number )