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1 copy of a Swahili poem in which the poet offers advice to his son

Author: Ahmad bin Abdilkadir
Title: Utenzi wa Ahmad bin Abdilkadir

A poem of 119 stanzas in Roman Swahili in which the poet offers advice, apparently addressing his son, who in stanza 17 is named as Nasridin

Incipit: Hapo zamani za yana, nilipokuwa kijana, Hata ndevu sijavuna, Haya nikayasikiya
Language(s): Swahili

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 6 f.

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Typescript

Record Sources

"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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JISC

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