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Utenzi wa Kiyama (MS 380530b)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  33 leaves
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

Mombasa Chronicle (MS 373394)  

Publication Date:  1899 (1317 AH)
Creator:  Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Author, Primary )
Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Calligrapher )
Format:  Six leaves contained in a hardback folder
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

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)  

Publication Date:  1967
Creator:  Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( Author, primary )
Abdalla ba Sheikh ( Scribe )
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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  • 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
  • Miscellaneous Swahili ManuscriptsMiscellaneous Swahili Manuscripts Miscellaneous Swahili Manuscripts
  • 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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