Description: A book of fortune-telling by names of prophets (Qur'at al-Anbiya). Translated into Kiswahili. Extent of original: Manuscript 29 pages 16.5 x 22.2 cm. Condition of original: Covered in carton and red cloth back with back side missing. Black ink. Eaten by insects but in good conditio...
Description: Misc. qasida. Extent of original: Manuscript 84 Pages 20.5 x 16 cm. Condition of original: In a lined school notebook. Bound in carton with cloth spine. Papers are loose and spine is broken. Black, blue and red. Date of original: 20th century by visual appearance
Description: Misc. qasida. Also included some in Swahili Extent of original: Manuscript 27 pages, 20.5 x 16 cm. Condition of original: Written in a squared schoolbook. Covered by orange/brown carton. Date of original: 20th century by visual appearance
Description: Poem in Swahili: "Dini ni Ngome". Extent of original: Manuscript, 9 pages, 20.5 x 16 cm. Condition of original: Manuscript, bound in brown paper but loose and folded inside. Black ink. Date of original: 20th century from visual appearance only.
Description: Kitab Jami'i Al-Adhkaar. This book contains many prayers and poems of different poets commented in Arabic and Kiswahili. Extent of original: Manuscript 143 pages 16.2X9.8 cm . Condition of original: Bounded in brown stripped hard carton cover with cloth back. Needs care; its paper be...
الترياق النافع من العمى شرح النبذة الموسومة بباب ما جاء في اتباع العلم وفضل العلماء
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Fiqh. Custodial history: Unclear note of ownership. Calendar: Islamic, 1339H. Extent and format of original material: Printed book bound in carton cloth spine. Author(s) of original material: Abū Bakr b.ʿAbd Allāh b.ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sumayṭ. Publisher of original material: Dār al-iḥyā al-ku...
Madḥ/devotional. Custodial history: Unclear note of ownership. Extent and format of original material: Manuscript in unlined notebook with 47 folios. Physical characteristics: Individual quires bound in carton with tape and stapples and probably done at a later stage. Appears to be a student ...
Grammar. Custodial history: Idris Muhammad Saleh 1932. Calendar: Islamic, 1337H. Extent and format of original material: Printed book bound in carton cloth spine. Author(s) of original material: Aḥmad b. Zaynī Daḥlān. Publisher of original material: Muṣṭafā al-Bābī al-Halabī. Additional la...