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2 copies of Utenzi wa Rasi li ghuli by Mgeni bin Faqihi

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Author: Mgeni bin Faqihi
Title: Utenzi wa Rasi li ghuli

Incomplete version of a Swahili epic on the Muslim conquest of Yemen

Incipit: Awwali bisumi’llahi, jina la Mola Ilahi, pweke asiye shabihi, ndiye Wahidi Kahari
Language(s): Swahili

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Author: Mgeni bin Faqihi
Title: Utenzi wa Rasi li ghuli

34 stanzas of the epic with corrections and notes

Incipit: Mazidi akisikia, akimwambia Alia, nimetumwa kukujuia, pamwe kukupa hazari
Language(s): Swahili

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Physical Description

Form: codex
151 f. 12 f.
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"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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