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Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 380766a)  

Publication Date:  1948
Creator:  Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Utenzi wa Hirqal (MS 45022a)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Christianity
Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Gabriel (Archangel)
Prophet Mohammed
Oral history
Jibril
Ibnu Omari
Jaafari Mwana Amuye Bashiri
Faith
Muḥammad, Prophet, -641
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Heraclius
Abdalla Shuhuri
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

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

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

[Lingala language learning cards]  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  8 cards
Subjects:  Lingala language
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Kadhi na Haramiya  

Publication Date:  1966
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Omar, Yahya Ali
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
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

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)  

Creator:  Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir
Abdalla ba Sheikh
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
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

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

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

Elementary Zulu  

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

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