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5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Lamu Island and Swahili poetry

1.
Author: Hichens, William, -1944
Title: History of Pate c.12th century

Being chapter V of an unpublished "History of Swahili literature"

Incipit: On his death in A.D. 1228 (A.H. 625), Sultan Suliman bin Suliman bin Mudhaffa
Language(s): English

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2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Mashairi na Historia

Swahili poems dealing the history of Pate in the Lamu archipelago

Incipit: Enyi ndugu na wendani
Language(s): Swahili

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3.
Author: Hichens, William, -1944
Title: Pate and the Portuguese colonisation-15th/16th century

Being chapter VI of an unpublished "History of Swahili literature"

Language(s): English

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4.
Author: Bwana Malenga al-Kilifiy
Title: Mashairi ya Bwana Malenga al-Kilifiy

Short poems by a poet of Pate, with some English translations

Incipit: Ndiani hima ungile, risala ya kongowea, wenende ujiwambale, mambo yametekelea
Language(s): Swahili

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5.
Author: Hichens, William, -1944
Title: History of Pate 17th century

Being an unnumbered chapter of an unpublished "History of Swahili literature"

Language(s): English

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Form: codex
5 f. 84 f. 54 f. 23 f. 28 f.
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"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".

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