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2 copies of Utenzi wa Rasi li ghuli by Mgeni bin Faqihi
1.
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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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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Record Sources
"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".
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