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19th - 20th Century Swahili Popular Verses (MS 47707a)
19th - 20th Century Swahili Popular Verses (MS 47707a)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
circa 1800-1900 AD (circa 1215-1318 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Swahili songs
Oral tradition in literature
Kiswahili mashairi
Songs, Swahili
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Songs (LCTGM)
Shairi
Wimbo
Shayari
Nyimbo
Language:
Swahili
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19th Century Poems from Siu (MS 380450a)
19th Century Poems from Siu (MS 380450a)
Creator:
Muhammad bin Sheikh Mataka ( Author, Primary )
Sheikh Muhyiddin bin Sheikh bin Qahtwan al-Waily ( contributor )
Umar bin Amin-Ahdali ( contributor )
Maalim Musa ( contributor )
Koti, Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:
circa 1900 AD (circa 1318 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Religious poetry
Religious belief
Islam
Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)
29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)
Creator:
Abedi, Bakari ( Author, Primary )
Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
circa 1966 AD (circa 1386 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Nyimbo
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b)
34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b)
Creator:
Mgeni bin Faqihi ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1964 AD (1384 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Translation
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Abunawas na Harun Rashid (MS 193290d)
Abunawas na Harun Rashid (MS 193290d)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Short stories
Fiction
Oral literature
Oral tradition in literature
Moral values
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Stories
Hadithi
Literature (LCTGM)
Translation
Language:
Swahili
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African Aphorisms (MS 47752a)
African Aphorisms (MS 47752a)
Creator:
Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1891 AD (1309 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Aphorisms
Proverbs
Swahili oral literature
Oral literature
Giryama oral literature
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Translation
Language:
Dawida
Kigiryama
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Al-Ahaadiith al-Mukhtaarah (MS 363)
Al-Ahaadiith al-Mukhtaarah (MS 363)
Creator:
Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary )
Abibakr Muhammad Khatib ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Religious belief
Faith
Imani za kidini
Muḥammad, Prophet, -642
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Stories
Hadithi
Literature (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Al-ahadithi al-Mukhtarat (MS 439)
Al-ahadithi al-Mukhtarat (MS 439)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Swafiya binti Ali bin Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Religious belief
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Faith
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Kilifi County -- Eastern Africa -- Mkomani
Genre:
Qur’an
Translation
Exegesis
Language:
Swahili
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Al-Akida: the life history of Muhammad bin Abdallah bin Mbarak Bakhashweini with . . . (MS 210009a)
Al-Akida: the life history of Muhammad bin Abdallah bin Mbarak Bakhashweini with . . . (MS 210009a)
Creator:
Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary )
Abdallah bin Mas’ud bin Salim al-Mazrui ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1940 AD (1359 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Africa, East -- History
East Africa -- History
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
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Al-Inkishafi (MS 253029a)
Al-Inkishafi (MS 253029a)
Creator:
Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1936 AD (1355 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Islam
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Notes
Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:
Swahili
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Al-Inkishafi (MS 256191a)
Al-Inkishafi (MS 256191a)
Creator:
Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1934 AD (1353 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Kiswahili mashairi
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Islam
Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Translation
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Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)
Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Salim Baswaffar ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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Al-Inkishafi (MS 47770a)
Al-Inkishafi (MS 47770a)
Creator:
Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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An African Survey (MS 53489b)
An African Survey (MS 53489b)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Africa, East -- History
East Africa -- History
Mazrui family
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Mazru'i dynasty
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Genre:
Essays (LCGFT)
Language:
English
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Anthology of Swahili Poets (MS 53490a)
Anthology of Swahili Poets (MS 53490a)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
circa 1937 AD (circa 1356 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Biography
Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Translation
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Anthropology miscellaneous (PP MS 42. SL/14-SL/18)
Anthropology miscellaneous (PP MS 42. SL/14-SL/18)
Creator:
Ueda, Hitoshi ( Author, Primary )
Creider, Chet A. ( contributor )
Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1971 AD (1391 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Anthropology
Sociology
Ritual
Traditional Religion
Religious practice
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island
Genre:
Essays (LCGFT)
Language:
English
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Arabic and Swahili poems praising the Prophet Mohammed (MS 457;  MS 279888-Vol.11)
Arabic and Swahili poems praising the Prophet Mohammed (MS 457; MS 279888-Vol.11)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Arabic poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Sufism
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443)
Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443)
Creator:
Mohammed bin Malik Attwayi ( Author, Primary )
Sheikh Muhammad bin Said al-Busiry ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Arabic language -- Grammar
Islam
Religious poetry
Religious belief
Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
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Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312)
Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312)
Creator:
Sheikh Mohammed bin Malik Atwaii ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Arabic language -- Grammar
Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448)
Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448)
Creator:
Al-Habib Abdalla ibn Husayn ( Author, Primary )
Sayyid Abdurrahman ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Arabic poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Sufism
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili