Utendi wa Tambuka

Details

Instance of

epic poem

Publication date

1728

Genre

Utenzi

Main subject

religious war, Arab–Byzantine wars, Byzantine–Ottoman wars

Depicts

Battle of Mu'tah, Fall of Constantinople

author name string

Mwengo, son of Athumani or Osman

characters

Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Heraclius, Umar ibn Al-Khattāb

commissioned by

Bwana Mkuu, Bwana Tamu

copyright status

public domain, public domain

country of origin

Kenya

language of work or name

Swahili

set in period

Postclassical Era