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Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 55 ) English ( 4 ) Creator [s.n.] ( 27 ) Allen, J. W. T. ( 12 ) Nabhany, Ahmed Sheikh, 1927- ( 3 ) Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Abl Bakr, active 7th century ( 2 ) Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? ( 2 ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( 2 ) Mwenye Mansab ( 2 ) Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( 2 ) Sharif Sayyid Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal ( 2 ) Sheikh Muhammad bin Said al-Busiry ( 2 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 54 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 44 ) Islam ( 43 ) Uislamu ( 42 ) Religious belief ( 40 ) Faith ( 37 ) Imani za kidini ( 32 ) Prophet Mohammed ( 22 ) Africa, East -- History ( 11 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 11 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 72 ) Swahili Coast ( 42 ) Kenya ( 16 ) Tanzania ( 12 ) Pate Island ( 6 ) Dar es Salaam ( 5 ) Lamu ( 4 ) Lamu Island ( 4 ) Pate ( 4 ) Mombasa ( 3 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poetry ( 42 ) Poem ( 41 ) Utenzi ( 23 ) Shairi ( 15 ) Shayari ( 14 ) Essays ( 7 ) Translation ( 7 ) Correspondence ( 6 ) Letter ( 6 ) Personal correspondence ( 6 ) Show More >>	1 Index catalogue and notes to Allen collection (MS 279888-1a) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1970 AD (1390 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili manuscripts Swahili poetry Swahili literature Kiswahili mashairi Manuscripts, Swahili Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Index 2 Utumbuizo wa kubembelea (MS 455) 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 Songs Oral literature Kiswahili mashairi Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 3 List of household items; Waadhi (MS 456) Creator: Badawiy bin Sayyid Hasan ( 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 Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Shairi Shayari Language: Swahili 4 Various poems (MS 13) Creator: Mohammed, Mohammed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary ) Tahir, Ali Mohammed ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island 5 Untitled poem (MS 454) 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 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 6 Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 305c) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( 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 Popular poetry Oral literature Songs Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 7 Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 305d) 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 Oral history Oral literature Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa -- Fort Jesus Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 8 Kasida ya Burdai ya Al-Busiry (MS 304; MS 279888-Vol.2) Creator: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? ( Author, Primary ) Sheikh Muhammed bin Athman al-Hilai Mshela ( contributor ) Bin Athman al-Hilai Mshela, Muhammed ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Religious poetry Islam Religious belief Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 9 Utenzi wa Qitrifu (MS 305b) 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 Islam Religious belief History Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 10 Poems (MS 4) Creator: [s.n.] 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 11 Waadhi (MS 328) 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 Islam Religious belief Imani za kidini Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 12 Utendi wa Siraj na Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 360) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik ( contributor ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) 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 Swahili customs Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 13 Twayyibu Asmaa (MS 366) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious belief Uislamu Faith Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 14 Nyuradi za usiku ya Ramadhan (MS 361) Creator: Muhammad bin Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Muhammad 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 Religous practices Uislamu Faith Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Language: Swahili 15 Utendi wa Waji Waji na Duri li Mandhuma (MS 371b) Creator: Sharif Sayyid Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal ( 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 Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 16 Waadhi (MS 372) Creator: Abdil-Qadir bin Muhammad ( 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 Men -- Education Sexual behaviour Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 17 Tabaraka Dhul-Ulaa (Waadhi) (MS 371a) Creator: al-Husayni, Mansab, 1928-1977 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1955 AD (1374 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Religous belief Religious practice Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 18 Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 376) Creator: Abdalla bin Bashekh Allami ( 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 Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 19 Mashairi (MS 370) Creator: Mansur, Khalifa ( 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 Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 20 Swala ya Mudhari (MS 375) Creator: Mansab al-Husayniy ( Author, Primary ) 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

Index catalogue and notes to Allen collection (MS 279888-1a)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1970 AD (1390 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili manuscripts; Swahili poetry; Swahili literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Manuscripts, Swahili
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT); Index

Utumbuizo wa kubembelea (MS 455)

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; Songs; Oral literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

List of household items; Waadhi (MS 456)

Creator:: Badawiy bin Sayyid Hasan ( 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; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Various poems (MS 13)

Creator:: Mohammed, Mohammed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary ); Tahir, Ali Mohammed ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island

Untitled poem (MS 454)

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
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 305c)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( 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; Popular poetry; Oral literature; Songs; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 305d)

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; Oral history; Oral literature; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa -- Fort Jesus
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Kasida ya Burdai ya Al-Busiry (MS 304; MS 279888-Vol.2)

Creator:: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? ( Author, Primary ); Sheikh Muhammed bin Athman al-Hilai Mshela ( contributor ); Bin Athman al-Hilai Mshela, Muhammed ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Religious poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Utenzi wa Qitrifu (MS 305b)

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; Islam; Religious belief; History; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Poems (MS 4)

Creator:: [s.n.]
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

Waadhi (MS 328)

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; Islam; Religious belief; Imani za kidini; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Utendi wa Siraj na Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 360)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik ( contributor ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
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; Swahili customs; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Twayyibu Asmaa (MS 366)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious belief; Uislamu; Faith; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Nyuradi za usiku ya Ramadhan (MS 361)

Creator:: Muhammad bin Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Muhammad 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; Religous practices; Uislamu; Faith
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: Swahili

Utendi wa Waji Waji na Duri li Mandhuma (MS 371b)

Creator:: Sharif Sayyid Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al-Ahdal ( 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; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Waadhi (MS 372)

Creator:: Abdil-Qadir bin Muhammad ( 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; Men -- Education; Sexual behaviour
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Tabaraka Dhul-Ulaa (Waadhi) (MS 371a)

Creator:: al-Husayni, Mansab, 1928-1977 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1955 AD (1374 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religous belief; Religious practice; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 376)

Creator:: Abdalla bin Bashekh Allami ( 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; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Mashairi (MS 370)

Creator:: Mansur, Khalifa ( 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; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Swala ya Mudhari (MS 375)

Creator:: Mansab al-Husayniy ( Author, Primary )
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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