ms. 210003 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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1 copy of Dua ya Kuombea Mvua by Muhyidin bin Sheikh bin Kahtan al-Waili

Author: Muhyidin bin Sheikh bin Kahtan al-Waili Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn Shaykh ibn Qahṭān al-Wāʾilī
Title: Dua ya Kuombea Mvua

"This poem is a prayer for rain." Two further copies at ms. 210004 and ms. 210005

Incipit: Naanza kubutadi, kwa isimu yake Karima
Language(s): Swahili

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Extent: 5 f.
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Typescript in Latin Swahili

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