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Wakristo Hodari  

Publication Date:  1939
Creator:  Bihlmeyer
Beatus Iten
Format:  24 leaves
Technique:  In black type, with corrections in ink and no pagination
Subjects:  Christianity
Catholicism
Saints
Translations
Missionary work
Ukristo
Ukatoliki
Watakatifu
Tafsiri
Kazi ya umisionari
Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) Committee to the East African Dependencies
Catholic Church
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

Hamziyya  

Publication Date:  1652
Creator:  Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Muhammad Kijumwa
Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman
Athman bin Al-Kadhi
،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296?
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H22.6 x W16
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kijuma, Muhammad
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Guide to Swahili examinations  

Publication Date:  1927
Creator:  Zanzibar
Ingrams, William Harold, 1897-
Broomfield, Gerald Webb, 1895-
Abubaker, Tahir bin
Publisher:  Government printer ( Zanzibar City )
Format:  51, [2] p. : 24.25 cm
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Swahili language -- Study and teaching
لغة سواحلية -- دراسة وتدريس
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity 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

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

First lessons in Lonkundo  

Publication Date:  1917
Creator:  Moon, Everard R. (Everard Roy), 1879-1962
Foreign Christian Missionary Society
Publisher:  Mexico Press, Foreign Christian Missionary Society ( Bolenge, Congo Belge )
Subjects:  Bantu languages
Mongo-Nkundu language -- Grammar
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Die Afrika-Literatur in der Zeit von 1500-1750 N. CH  

Publication Date:  1882
Creator:  Paulitschke, Philipp
Publisher:  Brockhausen & Bräuer ( Wien )
Format:  v, 122p : ;
Subjects:  Bibliography -- Africa
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Utenzi wa Barasisi (MS 210010a)  

Publication Date:  circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Creator:  Saidi bin Abdallah Masu'udi
سعید بن عبد الله مسعود
Said bin Abdallah Masu’ud
Format:  21 f.
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Typescript manuscript : In black type
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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

Iviri vya Chinamwanga : Vyakongwanika, vyapilulwa  

Publication Date:  1900
Creator:  Dewar, Emmeline H.
Publisher:  Printed at the Mission Press ( Livingstonia )
Format:  [ix], 141p.
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Tales
Mwanga language -- Texts
Folk literature
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Schambala-Grammatik  

Publication Date:  1912
Creator:  Rösler, O
Gleiss, Franz
Publisher:  Georg Reimer ( Berlin )
Format:  xii, 134 p. : ;
Subjects:  Shambala language -- Dictionaries -- German
Shambala language -- Grammar
German language -- Dictionaries -- Shambala
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

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

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