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1 online resource (858 pages) |
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African Sources for African History Ser |
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African Sources for African History Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Editors' Introduction (Jansen, Doortmont, and van den Bersselaar); Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Map of Brava in Regional Context; Introduction; A New Mode of Religious Knowledge Production: The Didactic Islamic Poetry of Brava; The History of Brava; Islam in Brava; The Composition, Recitation, and Transmission of the Sṯeenzi; The Poet-Scholars of Brava; 1. The Period c. 1890-1922; 2. The Period 1922-1959; 3. The Period 1959-1975; The Purpose, Themes, and Discursive Strategies of the Sṯeenzi; 1. The Purpose of ʿIlm in the Sṯeenzi |
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2. The Content of ʿIlm in the Sṯeenzi3. The Discursive Strategies of Teaching ʿIlm in the Sṯeenzi; 4. The Formal Structure, Mode of Presentation, and Language of the Sṯeenzi; Conclusion; The Sṯeenzi and Women; The Sṯeenzi and Anti-colonial Resistance; Note on the Primary Sources of This Publication; Reference List to the Poets and Their Poems; Sheikh Uways; Sheikh Qasim; Dada Masiti; Mallim Nuri; Sheikh Mohamed Sufi; Abastide Mohamed Sheikh Abba; Annotated List of Islamic Scholars and Texts Mentioned in the Sṯeenzi; The Poems; Sheikh Uways; Biography; Sheikh Uways's Poem |
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Poem 1. Aḻfeeni msaḻiḻeeni-Ask God to bless him two thousand timesSheikh Qasim; Biography; Sheikh Qasim's Poems; Poem 1. Daada Maasiṯi nsoomela duʼa-Dada Masiti, pray for me; Poem 2. Chidirke ya Rasuuḻ Aḻḻah-Rescue us, O Prophet of God; Poem 3. Salaaṯun saḻaamun ʿala aḻ-Musṯafa-Peace and blessings upon the Chosen One; Poem 4. Meezi wa keendra-In the ninth month; Poem 5. Hamziyyah, Jisi gani khpaandra mitume anbiya-Hamziyyah or How could the other prophets rise?; Poem 6. Ḻa ilaaha ntaku Maʼabuudi wa haqi-There is no god but the true God |
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Poem 7. Nakaanza khṯuunga marjaani-I start stringing coral beadsPoem 8. Ya Sheekhi Abduḻqaadiri-O Shaykh ʿAbdulqādir; Poem 9. Ya Nabiyi salaam ʿaleika-O Prophet, peace be upon you; Poem 10. Ndruuza kasaani sowṯiya-O brothers, listen to my voice; Dada Masiti; Biography; Dada Masiti's Poems; Poem 1. Baʼdi ya hayy ni mowṯi-After life comes death; Poem 2. Sayyid Jamaladiini-Sayyid Jamaladdin; Poem 3. Ya Rabbi ya Muṯaʼaali-O Lord, You who are Exalted; Poem 4. Sharru ḻ-bilaadi-The evil that plagues the country; Poem 5. Ya Rabbi ya Rahmaani-O Lord, You who are Compassionate |
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Poem 6. Mowḻaana Muhyidiini-O our lord Muḥyī al-DīnPoem 7. Aḻḻahu Akbar Aḻḻaahu-God is the Greatest, O God; Poem 8. Sayyidi yiitu Siṯeeni-O our Lady; Mallim Nuri; Biography; Mallim Nuri's Poems; Poem 1. Shṯeenzi cha ahḻu al-sabri-The poem of those who were steadfast in adversity; Poem 2. Shṯeenzi cha Aʼisha-The poem of Aʼisha; Poem 3. Shṯeenzi cha Aamina-The poem of Amina; Poem 4. Mooja mreheme Aṯeeni-O God, have mercy upon Ateni; Poem 5. Chidirke Maana Faaṯima-Rescue us, O Lady Fatima!; Poem 6. Shṯeenzi cha masadaaṯi-The poem of the Sharifs |
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Poem 7. Shṯeenzi cha Hasani na Huseeni-The poem of Hassan and Hussein |
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Print version record |
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Sufi poetry -- Translations into English
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Sufi poetry
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Translations
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kapteijns, Lidwien
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Kassim, Mohamed
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| ISBN |
9789004365957 |
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9004365958 |
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