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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

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

Mashairi ya Faraidhwi  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Sheikh Mohamed Jambein Al-Bakry
Format:  17 leaves
Technique:  Typescript
In blue type, often blurred, on thin paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious practice
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Mazoezi ya kidini
Islamic law
Sheria ya Kiislamu
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kiokozi cha Banati  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh
Format:  15 leaves
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Typescript
In blue and black type on thin paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Religious practice
Women's education
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Mazoezi ya kidini
Elimu ya wanawake
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Suaheli-schriftstücke in arabischer schrift, mit lateinischer schrift umschrieben übersetzt und erklärt  

Creator:  Büttner, C. G. (Carl Gotthilf), 1845-1893
Publisher:  W. Spemann ( Stuttgart, Berlin )
Format:  xi, 206, 73 pages xi facsimile (3 folded)
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  23
Subjects:  Swahili language
Textbooks
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Hamziyya Notes  

Publication Date:  1936
Creator:  Hichens, William, -1944
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman
Sheikh Muhammad Said Albusiry
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  25 cm.
Technique:  1 volume (32 pages)
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Guide to Swahili examinations  

Publication Date:  1927
Creator:  Zanzibar
Ingrams, William Harold, 1897-
Broomfield, Gerald Webb, 1895-
Abubaker, Tahir bin
Publisher:  Government printer ( Zanzibar City )
Format:  51, [2] p. : 24.25 cm
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Swahili language -- Study and teaching
لغة سواحلية -- دراسة وتدريس
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Hamziyya  

Publication Date:  1652
Creator:  Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Muhammad Kijumwa
Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman
Athman bin Al-Kadhi
،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296?
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H22.6 x W16
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kijuma, Muhammad
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
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

Maudhua (MS 380557a)  

Creator:  [S.n.]
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : In black and blue ink on ruled paper, with stanzas numbered in blue. The ink is faint in places
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Religious practice
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Mazoezi ya kidini
Faith
Islam -- Customs and practices
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

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

Maudhua (MS 380557a)  

Creator:  [S.n.]
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : In black and blue ink on ruled paper, with stanzas numbered in blue. The ink is faint in places
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Religious practice
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Mazoezi ya kidini
Faith
Islam -- Customs and practices
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Hadithi ya Qiyama (MS 380530a)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  25 leaves
Technique:  Typescript
In black type, with marks in pencil and red ink
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
Prophet Mohammed
Faith
Hell -- Islam
Muḥammad, Prophet, -649
Source Institution:  Archives and Special Collections

SubCollections

  • John W. T. Allen Collection at SOAS University of LondonJohn W. T. Allen Collection John W. T. Allen Collection
  • William Hichens Collection at SOAS University of LondonWilliam Hichens Collection William Hichens Collection
  • Jan Knappert Collection at SOAS University of LondonJan Knappert Collection Jan Knappert Collection
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  • W. E. Taylor Collection at SOAS University of LondonW. E. Taylor Collection W. E. Taylor Collection
  • Alice Werner Collection at SOAS University of LondonAlice Werner Collection Alice Werner Collection
  • W. H. Whiteley Collection at SOAS University of LondonW. H. Whiteley Collection W. H. Whiteley Collection
  • The papers of Yahya Ali Omar.Yahya Ali Omar Collection Yahya Ali Omar Collection
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