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Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 52 ) English ( 3 ) Bengali ( 2 ) German ( 1 ) Creator [s.n.] ( 16 ) Liongo Fumo ( 13 ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( 10 ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( 9 ) Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah ( 7 ) Said bin Abdallah Masu’ud ( 3 ) Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( 3 ) Abu Bakr bin Mwengo ( 2 ) Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( 2 ) Abdalla ba Sheikh ( 1 ) Show More >> Publisher Aschendorff ( 1 ) Hong da shan shu ju ( 1 ) New Bengal Printing Press ( 1 ) Sudhānidhi Press ( 1 ) [manuscript] ( 1 ) 宏大善書局 ( 1 ) Subject: Topic Legends ( 58 ) Swahili poetry ( 55 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 54 ) Islam ( 40 ) Uislamu ( 39 ) Prophet Mohammed ( 25 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 19 ) History -- Religious aspects ( 17 ) Islam -- History ( 17 ) Religious history ( 17 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 49 ) Swahili Coast ( 26 ) Kenya ( 18 ) Pate Island ( 14 ) Shanga ( 13 ) Asia ( 11 ) Saudi Arabia ( 8 ) Mecca ( 6 ) Makkah Al Mukarramah Governate ( 4 ) Tanzania ( 4 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poetry ( 44 ) Poem ( 42 ) Utenzi ( 32 ) Shairi ( 7 ) Shayari ( 7 ) Utumbuizo ( 7 ) Literature ( 3 ) Nyimbo ( 3 ) Stories ( 3 ) Wimbo ( 3 ) Show More >>	1 Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210010b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Format: 11 f. Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Legends Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 2 Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210011b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Legends Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 3 Fragment of Utenzi wa Kadhi Kasim bin Jaafari (MS 380529d) Creator: Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah ( 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 Legends Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Tanga Region -- Eastern Africa -- Tanga Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 4 Hadithi ya Liyongo (MS 205000d) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Shairi Wimbo Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 5 Hadithi ya Liyongo and Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 53492b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Language: Swahili 6 Hadithi ya Miraji (MS 53497c) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1933 AD (1352 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious history Legends Swahili poetry Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 7 Hadithi ya Ndiwa na Kozi (Ms 53497e) Creator: [s.n.] Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1933 AD (1352 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious history Legends Swahili poetry Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 8 Hadithi ya Ngamia na Paa (MS 53497b) Creator: [s.n.] Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1936 AD (1355 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious history Legends Swahili poetry Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Utenzi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 9 Hadithi ya Waladi Isibani (MS 47755e) Creator: Abu Bakr bin Mwengo ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Warfare, Conventional Military art and science Religious belief Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Language: Swahili 10 Hadithi ya Yusuf (Mss 351-354) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Ahmed bin Abdalla bin Mohammed ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1938 AD (1356 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious belief Legends Religious history Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Egypt -- North Africa Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 11 Liongo Boy and Man (MS 205000b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Language: Swahili 12 Liongo na Manga, and Other songs (MS 205000e) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 13 Liongo Saga (MS 53492a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 14 Liongo Saga (MS 53493a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 15 Liongo, the Spearlord (MS 205000a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 16 Liyongo Poems with Notes and Correspondence (MS 210013a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1934 AD (circa 1353 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Oral literature Songs Legends Correspondence Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 17 Mashairi (ya Liyongo) (MS 210012a) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ) Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Oral tradition in literature Legends Kiswahili mashairi Liongo Fumo Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 18 Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 380548c) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ) Abdalla ba Sheikh ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1967 AD (1387 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Legends Oral tradition in literature Oral literature Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 19 Miraji; Utendi wa Mwana Kupona; Utendi wa Kumsifu Mtume; Utendi wa Aisha (Mss 432-433) Creator: Ali wa Salimu ( Author, Primary ) Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860 ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Swahili poetry Gender role Sex role Marriage Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 20 Myths and Legends of the Swahili (MS 316354a) Creator: Knappert, Jan ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Folk literature Legends Mythology Oral tradition in literature Swahili language Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: English

Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210010b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Format:: 11 f.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Legends; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210011b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Legends; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Fragment of Utenzi wa Kadhi Kasim bin Jaafari (MS 380529d)

Creator:: Buhriy, Hemedi bin Abdallah ( 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; Legends; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Tanga Region -- Eastern Africa -- Tanga
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Liyongo (MS 205000d)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Wimbo; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Liyongo and Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 53492b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Miraji (MS 53497c)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1933 AD (1352 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious history; Legends; Swahili poetry; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Ndiwa na Kozi (Ms 53497e)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1933 AD (1352 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious history; Legends; Swahili poetry; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Ngamia na Paa (MS 53497b)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1936 AD (1355 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious history; Legends; Swahili poetry; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Utenzi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Waladi Isibani (MS 47755e)

Creator:: Abu Bakr bin Mwengo ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Warfare, Conventional; Military art and science; Religious belief; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Yusuf (Mss 351-354)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ); Ahmed bin Abdalla bin Mohammed ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1938 AD (1356 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious belief; Legends; Religious history; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Egypt -- North Africa
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Liongo Boy and Man (MS 205000b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Language:: Swahili

Liongo na Manga, and Other songs (MS 205000e)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM); Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

Liongo Saga (MS 53492a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Liongo Saga (MS 53493a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Liongo, the Spearlord (MS 205000a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Liyongo Poems with Notes and Correspondence (MS 210013a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1934 AD (circa 1353 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Oral literature; Songs; Legends; Correspondence
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

Mashairi (ya Liyongo) (MS 210012a)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ); Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Oral tradition in literature; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi; Liongo Fumo
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 380548c)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ); Abdalla ba Sheikh ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1967 AD (1387 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Legends; Oral tradition in literature; Oral literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Miraji; Utendi wa Mwana Kupona; Utendi wa Kumsifu Mtume; Utendi wa Aisha (Mss 432-433)

Creator:: Ali wa Salimu ( Author, Primary ); Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Gender role; Sex role; Marriage
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Myths and Legends of the Swahili (MS 316354a)

Creator:: Knappert, Jan ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Folk literature; Legends; Mythology; Oral tradition in literature; Swahili language
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: English

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