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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000436/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Swahili Tales-Vol. II (A) (MS 54343a)
- Series Title:
- Taylor Papers : Swahili Tales
- Creator:
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date:
- circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.)
- Language:
- Swahili
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Handwritten manuscript : First of two volumes containing a collection of handwritten short stories, tales, and narrative of chronicle, with black ink; the bound volume has a green cover
Notes
- Abstract:
- This is the first part (A) of MS 54343 that contains a collection of short stories and proverbs with metaphorical meaning, as well as the narration of the chronicle of Mombasa at page 134. Many of the stories contained here can be found in the Hichens collection (MS 193290), in typed version. The stories are listed by means of the metaphors that they embody. For instance, the first is a story about a Sultan and his ministers and it is entitled ‘Al-Hadhar Qabla Al-Athar’ meaning ‘Be careful of the consequences’, and it narrates about a Sultan who was very harsh and too sudden in giving punishment to his subjects. His ministers (waziri) advice him to consul them before taking a punitive decision because in many cases ‘even what you see cannot be true’ (the wisdom of the story). Further titles are as follows: - Learning the best thing (p.10) - Union is strength (p.16) - Honesty (p.24) - A fool- Anecdote of Hija (p.62) - Wisdom is found with the age (p.82) And lastly, there is an extract from ‘Chozi (kidosho) na Mbuyu’. ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Composition is unknown
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Dialects: KiMvita
- General Note:
- Extent: 1 small volume
- General Note:
- Purchased from Kegan Paul, 3 March 1948
- General Note:
- Incipit: Kulikuwa na sulutani na waziri wakwe, na yule sulutani yuna hasira
- General Note:
- See SOAS University of London manuscripts Ms 373394 (Taylor Papers), and MS 193290 (Hichens collection)
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
- General Note:
- Publication information: Yahya A Omar & Frankl P. 1990. The Mombasa Chronicle. Afrika und Ubersee, Band 73, AAP, Germany.
- General Note:
- Publication information: Mbarak A Hinawy. 1950. Al-Akida and Fort Jesus, Mombasa. Macmillan and Co, London
- General Note:
- Publication information: Taylor, W E1932. A Swahili tale in the dialect of Mombasa. Afrika und Ubersee, 24:1-14
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 54343 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 54343a ( SOAS manuscript number )
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