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Qasidar a mu gode Badiwi Wahikl  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Isa bin Sheikh
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Lyric poetry
Qasida
قصيدة
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Amulet  

Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Matooke (Green Banana)  

Publication Date:  [early 1960s]
Creator:  Musango, Francis
Material:  Oil on board
Measurements:  H62.5 x W122 cm
Subjects:  Matoke
Green bananas
Afrika -- Uganda
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift of Dr Joan Maw, 1992.

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

Danseur Antanosy  

Publication Date:  [1934 - 1940]
Creator:  Stavy
Publisher:  Stavy
Subjects:  Dancers
Afrika -- Madagasikara -- Toliara
Afrique -- Madagascar -- Tulear
Antanosy (Malagasy people)
Mpandihy
Danseurs
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

[Conducteur de pousse-pousse]  

Publication Date:  [1934 - 1940]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Subjects:  Villages
Palms
Transportation
Villages -- Social life and customs
Rickshaws
Afrika -- Madagasikara -- Antananarivo
Afrique -- Madagascar -- Tananarive
Rickshaw men
Tanana
Tanana -- ara-tsosialy sy ny fomba amam-panao ny fiainana
Fitaterana
Hazo rofia
Posiposy
Posy lehilahy
Villages -- Vie sociale et coutumes
Transport
Hommes de pousse-pousse
Pousse-pousses
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Kitab tarik Bilad Sudan  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Ulama-I, B., circa 1911.
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  20 x 27 cm.
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Konduga Qur’an  

Publication Date:  [18th Century]
Creator:  Borno scribes [unknown]
Scribes Borno [inconnue]
Borno Schriftgelehrten [unbekannt]
الكتبة بورنو [غير معروف]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  32 x 22 cm.
Subjects:  Qur'an
القرآن الكريم
Coran
Koran
قرآن
Anchor watermark
Galvani, Andrea, 1797-1855. Watermark.
Anchor Wasserzeichen
Galvani, Andrea, von 1797 bis 1855. Wasserzeichen.
Filigrane d'une ancre
Galvani, Andrea, 1797-1855. Filigrane.
العلامة المائية من مرساة
جالفاني، أندريا، 1797-1855. العلامة المائية.
Shaykhʹzādah, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, -1667 or 1668. Ḥāshīyah
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Wafar gode Allahu mai wada  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Asma'u, Nana, 1793-1865
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Unidentified title]  

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

Esclave Ethiopianne arrivant au Bazar  

Publication Date:  [1808-1826]
Creator:  Cousinéry, Marcel, 1759-1795
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Watercolors
Subjects:  Women
Ethnic costume
Clothing
Asya -- Türkiye -- Marmara Bölgesi -- İstanbul -- İstanbul
Avrupa -- Türkiye -- Marmara Bölgesi -- İstanbul -- İstanbul
Asia -- Turkey -- Marmara -- Istanbul -- Istanbul
Ethiopians
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

Leaves from the Qur'an of the Grand Imam Yousouf (N'Guigmi, Niger, 2010)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Publisher:  Clan Ledger
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  [various sizes]
Subjects:  Watermarks
دمغ بعلامة مائية
Filigranes
Wasserzeichen
Clan Ledger (paper manufacturer)
عشيرة ليدجر (الصانع ورقة)
Clan Ledger (fabricant de papier)
Clan Ledger (Papierhersteller)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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