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Utenzi wa Kiyama (MS 380530c)  

Format:  18 leaves
Technique:  In black type on thin paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Utenzi
Death
Heaven
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632
ابن المهيب، محمد ابو بكر
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Kifo
Imani za kidini
Mbinguni
Kuzimu
Muhammad, Mtume, -632
Faith
Hell -- Islam
Paradise
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Mombasa Chronicle (MS 373394)  

Publication Date:  1899 (1317 AH)
Creator:  Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi
Format:  Six leaves contained in a hardback folder
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript; Six loose pages contained in a hardback red folder; handwritten with black ink; the central part of most pages is unreadable
Subjects:  Business
Commerce
Warfare
Colonialism
Trade
Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar, approximately 1834-1888
Sayyid Barghash
Abdalla bin Nassir al-Mazrui
Abdullah bin Nasser al-Mazrui
Jumadari Chota
Shehe Mvita
Mvita, Shehe
Bwana Shoka
Imam Qaydi al-Ardh
Qaydi al Ardh
al Ardh, Qaydi, Imam
Wagalla (Kenya)
Abdalla bin Hemedi
Sayyid Said
Hamed al Busaidi
al Busaidi, Hamed
Saʻīd bin Sulṭān, Sultan of Zanzibar, 1791-1856
Said bin Sultan
Sayyid Majid
Majid bin Said Al-Busaidi, 1834-1870
Imperialism
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Inncwadi Yezifundo  

Creator:  Church of England in Natal
Colenso, John William, 1814-1883
Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Natal
Publisher:  City Printing Works ( Pietermaritzburg )
Subjects:  Zulu language -- Readers
Laudatory poetry, Zulu
Zulu (African people) -- Folklore
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Kishamia  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Mansab, Mwenye
Badawi, Ahmad Ahmad
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Religious practice
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Utenzi wa Barasisi (MS 210010a)  

Publication Date:  circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Creator:  Saidi bin Abdallah Masu'udi
سعید بن عبد الله مسعود
Said bin Abdallah Masu’ud
Format:  21 f.
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Typescript manuscript : In black type
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Utenzi wa Kiyama (MS 380530b)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  33 leaves
Technique:  Typescript
In black type
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Utenzi
Death
Heaven
ابن المهيب، محمد ابو بكر
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Kifo
Imani za kidini
Mbinguni
Kuzimu
Muhammad, Mtume, -632
Mohammed, Prophet, -632
Prophet Mohammed
Faith
Hell -- Islam
Muḥammad, Prophet, -649
Paradise
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Glossary (MS 210010c)  

Publication Date:  circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Creator:  Hichens, William, -1944
Format:  16 f.
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Typescript manuscript : In blue and black type on pink paper; six of the seven leaves of glossary entries are reproduced in rather poor quality carbon copies
Subjects:  Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Proverbs, fables, similes and sayings of the Bamongo  

Publication Date:  1897
Creator:  Ruskin, E. A. (Edward Algernon), 1871-1943
Subjects:  Proverbs, Bantu
Mongo-Nkundu language -- Texts
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Utenzi wa Qatirifu (Wadi Isban) (MS 45022b)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Abu Bakr bin Mwengo
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Prophet Mohammed
Fāṭimah -632 or 633
Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634
Abu Bakr
Faith
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Fatima
Warfare, Conventional
Military art and science
Muḥammad, Prophet, -643
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Elementary Zulu  

Publication Date:  1921
Creator:  W., M. F.
Publisher:  Juta & Co. ( Cape Town )
Subjects:  Zulu language -- Grammar
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Die Afrika-Literatur in der Zeit von 1500-1750 N. CH  

Publication Date:  1882
Creator:  Paulitschke, Philipp
Publisher:  Brockhausen & Bräuer ( Wien )
Format:  v, 122p : ;
Subjects:  Bibliography -- Africa
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona  

Publication Date:  1858
Creator:  Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Gender roles
Marriage
Religious belief
Religious practice
Social structure
Women's education
Mwana Heshima binti Sheikh
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 45022c)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Moses (Biblical leader)
Gabriel (Archangel)
Michael (Archangel)
Oral history
Jibril
Musa
Mikail
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

School reader in Chimpoto  

Publication Date:  1925
Creator:  Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publisher:  Printed and published by the Universities' mission to Central Africa ( Likoma, Nyasaland )
Format:  [ii], [1-9], 10-48p.
Subjects:  Mpoto language -- Readers
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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