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4 copies of Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā by 2 authors

1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا
Incipit: روي عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما فى قوله ... تعالى كمثل الشيطان اذ قال للانسان اكفر

A version in Arabic of the story of Barsisa, unfinished and interrupted by a commentary in Arabic.

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.255
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا
Incipit: فلما ودعه قال له الابیص ان عندی دعوات اعلمها
Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.255
3.
Author: Kijuma, Muhammad
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا

A Swahili translation of the first Arabic version of the story

Language(s): Swahili

References

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4.
Author: Kijuma, Muhammad
Title: Qiṣṣat Barṣīṣā
Title: قصة برصيصا

A Swahili translation of the second Arabic version of the story

Language(s): Swahili

References

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Physical Description

Form: codex
1a-4bf. 5a-65b f. 7b-9a f. 10a-11a f.
Dimensions (leaf): 33.5 × 20.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 29 × 18 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskhi hand

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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