ms_41961 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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1 copy of a collection of traditional Swahili short poems and songs
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
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 14 f.
Hand(s)
Clear vocalised calligraphic Swahili hand
History
Origin: 1311 AH
Record Sources
"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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