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1 copy of the Mombasa chronicle in Swahili
Title: Mombasa chronicle
Incipit: اول يقصة غوم ميو الكو برتجيس دي اليي اجيغ / Awali ya qiswa ngome mwenyewe alikuwa purtugesi ndiye aliye ijenga
Colophon: كتبه خمس بن سعيد بن شيخ الممباسي والله تاريخ 22 و شهر صفر و سنه 1317
Six leaves contained in a hardback folder
Language(s): Swahili
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 6 f.
Hand(s)
Clear vocalised Swahili hands
History
Origin: 1317 AH
Record Sources
"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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