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10 works by 9 authors on the subjects of Swahili poetry and Songs
1.
Incipit: Qala Abdalla bin Songora Nanze kuhimidi ya Mungu kwenye meteo
Language(s): Swahili
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2.
Incipit: Awali bismillahi: kwanza aliimba nuru akatenga na mahala: kamuumba
Language(s): Swahili
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3.
Incipit: Maulizo juu ya maisha ya Mwana Kupona bint Msham na mumewe Sheikh Mataka
Language(s): Swahili
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4.
Title: Wimbo
22 traditional songs mostly by Bwana Mwengo and some others
Language(s): Swahili
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5.
A collection of traditional songs
Incipit: Tinda kiyale ifane; taa itilahi nuru; wenye kuteza waone
Language(s): Swahili
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6.
Title: Wimbo
Traditional songs by various authors collected and written down by Muhammad Kijuma
Language(s): Swahili
Title: Modern Mashairi from Tanganyika
Poems by Rajabu Sudi and others
Incipit: Awali Bismillahi, kuu ni jina la Mungu, Jina lisilofanana, na yote ya walimwengu
Language(s): Swahili
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References
8.
Title: Shairi la Mwana wa Gongwa
Incipit: Nisifu Mwana wa Gongwa mwenye umbo na tabia
Language(s): Swahili
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9.
Title: Qala Shairi
A collection of traditional poems by unknown authors
Incipit: Gani kiti nikae kitako muelewa
Language(s): Swahili
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10.
Title: Wimbo
Songs relating to the Mazrui dynasty and poems by Kombo Bwete and others
Incipit: Mashairi haya yametungwa idadi ya Mazrui waliyokuwa Muvita
Language(s): Swahili
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11.
Title: Utendi wa Isipani
Two long poems and miscellaneous poetic songs
Incipit: Nipa loho ya kihindi, wino na kalamu kandi, ya kusifiya mapendi, ndoo bwana mzungu ndoo
Language(s): Swahili
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Physical Description
Form: codex
15 f. 2 f. 6 f. 46 f. 21 f. 7 f. 44 f. f. 51 f. f. 27 f.
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Hand(s)
Typescript and European hands
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Record Sources
"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".
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