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1 copy of a collection of traditional Swahili short poems and songs

Author: Anonymous
Title: Swahili verse

A collection of 106 traditional short poems/mashairi and songs that are part of Swahili oral tradition

Incipit: نزز تز تمو می لپد کسک تنقش نمبو تن کتن کوک / Nazizi tanzu tamau; moyo lipenda kusuka; tanakishi na mabao; tani kitana kiweka
Colophon: تمت الکتاب هذاالمسمی وشهود بتاریخ یوم الخمیس 26 من شهر القعده سنه 1311 بقلم ...داود بن صاائم بن داود النوفلي
Language(s): Swahili

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 14 f.

Hand(s)

Clear vocalised calligraphic Swahili hand

History

Origin: 1311 AH

Record Sources

"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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