Hamziyya (MS 53823 and MS 380931)

Hamziyah

Mbarak Ali Hinawy, Arab Assistant to the District Commissioner in Mombasa, described the Hamziyya as a 456-verse poem rhyming in the Arabic letter hamza in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, written by the Egyptian poet Muḥammad ibn Sa'īd Al-Būṣīrī (608-698 AH/1212-96 CE). It was translated into S...

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Full title: Hamziyya [electronic resource] (MS 53823 and MS 380931) Swahili.
Alternative titles: Hamziyah
Other authors: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?., Athman bin Al-Kadhi., ،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296?., Sayyid Idarus bin Athman., Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959.
Format: Electronic
Language: Swahili
Published: 1652.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
Archives & Special Collections.
Religions.
African Collections.
Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
Kenya Collection at SOAS, University of London.
Somalia Collection at SOAS, University of London.
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