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Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 365 ) English ( 103 ) Bantu (Other) ( 10 ) German ( 5 ) Bantu (other) ( 3 ) Kigiryama ( 3 ) Lingala ( 3 ) Mongo-Nkundu ( 3 ) Mpoto ( 3 ) Nyanja ( 3 ) Show More >> Creator [s.n.] ( 168 ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( 43 ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( 34 ) Liongo Fumo ( 19 ) Allen, J. W. T. ( 18 ) Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( 16 ) Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( 15 ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( 14 ) Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( 11 ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( 10 ) Show More >> Publisher School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ( 4 ) Printed and published by the Universities' Mission Press ( 2 ) School of Oriental and African Studies ( 2 ) W. Spemann ( 2 ) American Bible Society ( 1 ) Brockhausen & Bräuer ( 1 ) Church of Scotland ( 1 ) Clarendon Press ( 1 ) Congo Balolo Mission ( 1 ) Congo-Balolo Mission ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 325 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 297 ) Islam ( 202 ) Uislamu ( 194 ) Religious belief ( 154 ) Faith ( 142 ) Imani za kidini ( 141 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 91 ) Prophet Mohammed ( 89 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 78 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 494 ) Swahili Coast ( 216 ) Kenya ( 174 ) Tanzania ( 68 ) Mombasa ( 58 ) Lamu ( 57 ) Lamu Island ( 52 ) Pate Island ( 44 ) Asia ( 41 ) Saudi Arabia ( 31 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poem ( 221 ) Poetry ( 220 ) Utenzi ( 122 ) Shairi ( 86 ) Shayari ( 84 ) Essays ( 79 ) Translation ( 51 ) Correspondence ( 50 ) Personal correspondence ( 50 ) Letter ( 49 ) Show More >>	1 19th - 20th Century Swahili Popular Verses (MS 47707a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1800-1900 AD (circa 1215-1318 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili songs Oral tradition in literature Kiswahili mashairi Songs, Swahili Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 2 19th Century Poems from Siu (MS 380450a) Creator: Muhammad bin Sheikh Mataka ( Author, Primary ) Sheikh Muhyiddin bin Sheikh bin Qahtwan al-Waily ( contributor ) Umar bin Amin-Ahdali ( contributor ) Maalim Musa ( contributor ) Koti, Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1900 AD (circa 1318 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Religious poetry Religious belief Islam Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 3 29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a) Creator: Abedi, Bakari ( Author, Primary ) Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1966 AD (circa 1386 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Nyimbo Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 4 34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b) Creator: Mgeni bin Faqihi ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1964 AD (1384 A.H.) 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 Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Translation 5 Abunawas na Harun Rashid (MS 193290d) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Fiction Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Moral values Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Translation Language: Swahili 6 African Aphorisms (MS 47752a) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1891 AD (1309 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Aphorisms Proverbs Swahili oral literature Oral literature Giryama oral literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Translation Language: Dawida Kigiryama 7 Al-Ahaadiith al-Mukhtaarah (MS 363) Creator: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary ) Abibakr Muhammad Khatib ( 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 Faith Imani za kidini Muḥammad, Prophet, -642 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 8 Al-ahadithi al-Mukhtarat (MS 439) Creator: [s.n.] Swafiya binti Ali 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 Imani za kidini Uislamu Faith Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Kilifi County -- Eastern Africa -- Mkomani Genre: Qur’an Translation Exegesis Language: Swahili 9 Al-Akida: the life history of Muhammad bin Abdallah bin Mbarak Bakhashweini with . . . (MS 210009a) Creator: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ) Abdallah bin Mas’ud bin Salim al-Mazrui ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1940 AD (1359 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa 10 Al-Inkishafi (MS 253029a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1936 AD (1355 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Religious belief Islam Imani za kidini Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 11 Al-Inkishafi (MS 256191a) Creator: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1934 AD (1353 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Kiswahili mashairi Swahili poetry Religious belief Islam Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Translation 12 Al-Inkishafi (MS 373) Creator: [s.n.] Salim Baswaffar ( contributor ) 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 13 Al-Inkishafi (MS 47770a) Creator: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) 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 -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 14 An African Survey (MS 53489b) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Mazrui family Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Mazru'i dynasty Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 15 Anthology of Swahili Poets (MS 53490a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1937 AD (circa 1356 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Biography Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Translation 16 Anthropology miscellaneous (PP MS 42. SL/14-SL/18) Creator: Ueda, Hitoshi ( Author, Primary ) Creider, Chet A. ( contributor ) Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1971 AD (1391 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Anthropology Sociology Ritual Traditional Religion Religious practice Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 17 Arabic and Swahili poems praising the Prophet Mohammed (MS 457; MS 279888-Vol.11) 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 Arabic poetry Islam Religious belief Sufism Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 18 Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443) Creator: Mohammed bin Malik Attwayi ( Author, Primary ) Sheikh Muhammad bin Said al-Busiry ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Arabic language -- Grammar Islam Religious poetry Religious belief Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) 19 Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312) Creator: Sheikh Mohammed bin Malik Atwaii ( 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 Arabic language -- Grammar Linguistics Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 20 Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448) Creator: Al-Habib Abdalla ibn Husayn ( Author, Primary ) Sayyid Abdurrahman ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Arabic poetry Islam Religious belief Sufism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili

19th - 20th Century Swahili Popular Verses (MS 47707a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1800-1900 AD (circa 1215-1318 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili songs; Oral tradition in literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Songs, Swahili
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM); Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

19th Century Poems from Siu (MS 380450a)

Creator:: Muhammad bin Sheikh Mataka ( Author, Primary ); Sheikh Muhyiddin bin Sheikh bin Qahtwan al-Waily ( contributor ); Umar bin Amin-Ahdali ( contributor ); Maalim Musa ( contributor ); Koti, Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1900 AD (circa 1318 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Religious poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)

Creator:: Abedi, Bakari ( Author, Primary ); Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1966 AD (circa 1386 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Nyimbo; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b)

Creator:: Mgeni bin Faqihi ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1964 AD (1384 A.H.)
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; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM); Translation

Abunawas na Harun Rashid (MS 193290d)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Fiction; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Moral values
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM); Translation
Language:: Swahili

African Aphorisms (MS 47752a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1891 AD (1309 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Aphorisms; Proverbs; Swahili oral literature; Oral literature; Giryama oral literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Translation
Language:: Dawida; Kigiryama

Al-Ahaadiith al-Mukhtaarah (MS 363)

Creator:: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary ); Abibakr Muhammad Khatib ( 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; Faith; Imani za kidini; Muḥammad, Prophet, -642
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Al-ahadithi al-Mukhtarat (MS 439)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Swafiya binti Ali 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; Imani za kidini; Uislamu; Faith
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Kilifi County -- Eastern Africa -- Mkomani
Genre:: Qur’an; Translation; Exegesis
Language:: Swahili

Al-Akida: the life history of Muhammad bin Abdallah bin Mbarak Bakhashweini with . . . (MS 210009a)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ); Abdallah bin Mas’ud bin Salim al-Mazrui ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1940 AD (1359 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa

Al-Inkishafi (MS 253029a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1936 AD (1355 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Imani za kidini; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Al-Inkishafi (MS 256191a)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1934 AD (1353 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Kiswahili mashairi; Swahili poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Translation

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Salim Baswaffar ( contributor )
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

Al-Inkishafi (MS 47770a)

Creator:: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
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 -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

An African Survey (MS 53489b)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Mazrui family; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia; Mazru'i dynasty
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Anthology of Swahili Poets (MS 53490a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1937 AD (circa 1356 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Biography; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Translation

Anthropology miscellaneous (PP MS 42. SL/14-SL/18)

Creator:: Ueda, Hitoshi ( Author, Primary ); Creider, Chet A. ( contributor ); Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1971 AD (1391 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Anthropology; Sociology; Ritual; Traditional Religion; Religious practice
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Arabic and Swahili poems praising the Prophet Mohammed (MS 457; MS 279888-Vol.11)

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; Arabic poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Sufism
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443)

Creator:: Mohammed bin Malik Attwayi ( Author, Primary ); Sheikh Muhammad bin Said al-Busiry ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Arabic language -- Grammar; Islam; Religious poetry; Religious belief; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)

Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312)

Creator:: Sheikh Mohammed bin Malik Atwaii ( 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; Arabic language -- Grammar; Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448)

Creator:: Al-Habib Abdalla ibn Husayn ( Author, Primary ); Sayyid Abdurrahman ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Arabic poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Sufism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

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