ms. 47795 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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A poem in praise of the poet's wife in the original script by the hand of Muhammad Kijuma, with a transliteration in Latin script by Alice Werner

Incipit: بجيان باس پب یجمس کک متتس او من نیغ / Pijiani nbasi, pembe ya jamsi, kwa cha mtutusi, au mwananinga

Language(s): Swahili

Form: codex

Extent: 18 f.

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Clear Swahili hand

"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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