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Utenzi wa Hirqal (MS 45022a)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Christianity
Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Gabriel (Archangel)
Prophet Mohammed
Oral history
Jibril
Ibnu Omari
Jaafari Mwana Amuye Bashiri
Faith
Muḥammad, Prophet, -641
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Heraclius
Abdalla Shuhuri
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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

Report of the proceedings of Zulu Orthography Conference held at Durban, Natal, South Africa, May 29, 30, 31, 1907  

Publication Date:  [1911]
Creator:  Conference on Zulu Orthography (Durban, South Africa)
Publisher:  P. Davis and Sons ( Pietermaritzburg )
Subjects:  Zulu language -- Orthography and spelling -- Congresses
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

List of transliterations of proper names of Scripture into Lomongo, with French equivalents  

Publication Date:  1926
Creator:  Congo-Balolo Mission
Publisher:  Congo-Balolo Mission ( Congo Balolo Mission, Congo Belge )
Format:  110 p.
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Kadhi na Haramiya  

Publication Date:  1966
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Omar, Yahya Ali
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Utenzi wa Qatirifu (Wadi Isban) (MS 45022b)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Abu Bakr bin Mwengo
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Prophet Mohammed
Fāṭimah -632 or 633
Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634
Abu Bakr
Faith
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Fatima
Warfare, Conventional
Military art and science
Muḥammad, Prophet, -643
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

[Lingala language learning cards]  

Format:  12 cards
Subjects:  Lingala language
Source Institution:  SOAS University 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

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

Ivangeli ngokuloka kuka Mateu  

Publication Date:  1919
Creator:  American Bible Society
Publisher:  American Bible Society ( New York )
Format:  62 p.
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

Elementary Zulu  

Publication Date:  1921
Creator:  W., M. F.
Publisher:  Juta & Co. ( Cape Town )
Subjects:  Zulu language -- Grammar
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

School reader in Chimpoto  

Publication Date:  1925
Creator:  Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publisher:  Printed and published by the Universities' mission to Central Africa ( Likoma, Nyasaland )
Format:  [ii], [1-9], 10-48p.
Subjects:  Mpoto language -- Readers
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Inncwadi Yezifundo  

Creator:  Church of England in Natal
Colenso, John William, 1814-1883
Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Natal
Publisher:  City Printing Works ( Pietermaritzburg )
Subjects:  Zulu language -- Readers
Laudatory poetry, Zulu
Zulu (African people) -- Folklore
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Kiokozi cha Banati  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh
Format:  15 leaves
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Typescript
In blue and black type on thin paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Religious practice
Women's education
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Mazoezi ya kidini
Elimu ya wanawake
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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