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1 copy of Mawlid Sharīf by ʻAzab, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad

Author: ʻAzab, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ʻAzab, Muḥammad al-Madanī Muḥammad al-ʻAzabī عزب، محمد بن محمد
Translator: Muhammad bin Othman Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān محمد بن عثمان
Title: Mawlid Sharīf
Title: مولد شريف

The Arabic text with a Swahili translation al-ʻAzab's poem on the birth of the prophet Muhammad also known as the Maulidi Sharifu with supplementary prayers

Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم الحمد لله الذی قد اوجدا من نوره نورا به عم الهدای
Colophon: وكتبه بخطه يحي بن علي بن عمر السواحلي ببلدة ممباسا
Language(s): Arabic, Swahili

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Form: codex
Extent: 37 f.
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Clear vocalised Swahili hand

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