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1 copy of Maulidi ya Hee by 2 authors

Author: Barzanjī, Jaʻfar ibn Ḥasan, -1763 or 1764 برزنجي، جعفر بن حسن
Author: Ali Muhammad, Mzee Bin, Comorian
Title: Maulidi ya Hee

A Swahili version of the Mawlid al-Barzanji nathr, an Arabic poem on the birth of the prophet Muhammad also known as the Maulidi Sharifu with supplementary prayers

Incipit: Mlango wa Kwanza/ Abtadiu/ Nnaandiliza maneno kuyaandika, Kwa jina la Mungu la dhati lenye baraka, La ukamilifu ambalo lisilo shaka, Makusudi yangu sifa za Mtume mwema
Language(s): Swahili

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Form: codex
Extent: 116 f.
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In two hands of Latin script

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