9 is unknown, he mentioned his date of birth in the manuscript, being Monday, 2nd of Shawwāl, 904 AH.(1) Second: The manuscript is veriably old. Its copying dates back to the year 1294 AH, (1877 CE). The copyist,Abdullāh ibn Musbiħ AsSawwā, conducted the copying work following instructions from the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash ibn Sa'eed ibn Sultan. This makes the manuscript 350 years old from the date of its authoring. Third: The copyist clearly had some difculties deciphering some of (1). The conversion into the Gregorian calendar using islamicity.org gives Monday, 22st May, 1499 CE as the corresponding date.
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