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[Imam Kura Nguigmibe, seated, with child]  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Imams
أئمة
Imame
Nguigmibe, Kura, Grand Imam
Children
طفل
Enfants
Kinder
Source Institution:  SOAS, University 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

Hauts-plateaux  

Publication Date:  [1934 - 1940]
Creator:  Stavy
Publisher:  Stavy
Subjects:  Cows
Afrika -- Madagasikara -- Antananarivo
Afrique -- Madagascar -- TananariveHautes Terres de Madagascar
Landscape
Uplands
Endriky
Tani-hay
Bibi fiompy
Paysages
Hautes terres
Vaches
Pâturage
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Cairo  

Publication Date:  1937
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Agfa
Subjects:  أفريقيا -- مصر -- القاهرة -- القاهرة
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kitab Marsiyati li Isa ibn Sheikh Fodio  

Publication Date:  1870
Creator:  Usuman dan Fodio, 1754-1817
Material:  Paper
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

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

[Short creed based on Umm al-Barāhīn by Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1437-1480) of Tlemcen]  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490
سنوسي، محمد بن يوسف، حوالي 1427-حوالي 1490
السنوسي، محمد بن يوسف
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  12 x 16 cm.
Subjects:  Théologie islamique
Islamische Theologie
Dogma -- Islamic theology
اللاهوت الإسلامي -- توحيد ــ شرح‎
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Unidentified title]  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  27.2 cm.
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Secwana dictionary : English-SeCwana and SeCwana-English  

Publication Date:  1895
Creator:  Brown, J. Tom (John Tom), 1860-1925, 1860-1925
Publisher:  London Missionary Society
Measurements:  17 cm.
Subjects:  Tswana language
Tswana language -- Dictionaries -- English
English language -- Dictionaries -- Tswana
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Qasida al-Burda  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  17 cm.
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

On the Scharnhorst  

Publication Date:  1937
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Agfa
Subjects:  Europeans
أفريقيا -- مصر -- القاهرة -- القاهرة
Passenger ships
Arabs
Scharnhorst (passenger ship)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kitabu al-Nasabi  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Watermarks
دمغ بعلامة مائية
Filigranes
Wasserzeichen
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Mosque  

Publication Date:  1937
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Agfa
Subjects:  Europeans
Mosques
أفريقيا -- مصر -- القاهرة -- القاهرة
Arabs
الجوامع
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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