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

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Author: Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah Buḥrī, Ḥamīdī ibn ʿAbd Allāh بحري، همدي بن عبد الله
Title: Utenzi wa Abdirrahmani

A poem based on an episode in Islamic history

Incipit: Bismilah nandike, Rahamani yu pweke, rehema zote zi kwake, rehema hutuletea
Language(s): Swahili

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2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Utenzi wa Mikidadi

A poem based on a mythical episode in Islamic history

Incipit: Nandike Arahamani, Mtume akadhukuri, niswalie na Amini, ulo yaona ni kheri
Language(s): Swahili

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Author: Anonymous
Title: Utenzi wa Karneni

A poem based on a mythical episode in Islamic history. It begins at the stanza marked 148

Incipit: Sasa tawapa ya pili, hadithi ya Sheikh Ali, yeye na Tumwa rasuli, na Karneni pamoya
Language(s): Swahili

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Form: codex
68 f. 11 f. 13 f.
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"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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