Three Swahili poems (MS 45022) Hirqal, Qatirifu and Ndiwa na Kozi.
Hiraql : three Swahili poems.
Heraclius : three Swahili poems.
Kyuo kya Hereḳali.
Book of Heraclius.
Utend̠i wa Tambuka.
Utenzi wa Tambuka.
Story of Tambuka.
Story of Heraclius.
Utenzi wa Qatirifu (Wadi Isban)
Swahili is an Eastern African Bantu language with many Arabic elements acquired through contact with Arab traders since about 900 CE. The oldest transcriptions of oral Swahili poetry, written in Arabic script, are from the early eighteenth century. Poetry plays an important cultural role, encouraged...
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Three Swahili poems (MS 45022) [electronic resource] Hirqal, Qatirifu and Ndiwa na Kozi. |
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Hiraql : three Swahili poems. Heraclius : three Swahili poems. Kyuo kya Hereḳali. Book of Heraclius. Utend̠i wa Tambuka. Utenzi wa Tambuka. Story of Tambuka. Story of Heraclius. Utenzi wa Qatirifu (Wadi Isban) |
| Other authors: | bin Mwengo, Abu bakr., Kijuma, Muhammad. |
| Format: | Physical Object |
| Language: | Swahili |
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[19th century].
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SOAS Digital Library.
African Collections. Swahili Manuscripts Collections. Tanzania Collection at SOAS, University of London. Ottoman & Turkey Collection at SOAS, University of London. Kenya Collection at SOAS, University of London. |
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