قصيدة الحمزية

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 notebook used to learn the Hamziyya. Partial text.21cmx17cm.

Author(s) of original material: Muḥammad b. Saʿīd al-Busirī [d:608H/1212CE].

Arrangement: Manuscript with page numbers added by unknown person.

Additional date information: 20th century by visual appearance only.

Additional language information: Arabic with Swahili Ajami commentary and translation.