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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Islamic poetry and Swahili poetry

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Author: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir عبد الله بن علي بن ناصر
Author: Hichens, William, -1944
Title: Inkishafi
Title: انکشاف
Title: Conspectus of five versions of the Inkishafi

Includes notes and translations of the poem as well as material on the history of Swahili literature by Hichens and others

Incipit: Bismillahi naiqadimu, Hali ya kutunga hino nudhumu
Language(s): Swahili, English

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Author: Hichens, William, -1944
Title: Al-Inkishafi and correspondence

A collection of letters dated 1938 and 1939, by and to Hichens, regarding the publication of Al-Inkishafi

Language(s): English

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Physical Description

Form: codex
1 volume 118 f.
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History

Origin: 1938 CE

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"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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