ms_380750 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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1 copy of a Swahili poem in which the poet offers advice to his son
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
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 6 f.
Hand(s)
Typescript
Record Sources
"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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