SOAS - William Hichens Collection

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

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

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:: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( Author, primary ); Abdalla ba Sheikh ( Scribe )
Publication Date:: 1967
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Poetry (Utenzi); Utenzi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373) ( 2 items )

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

Ascension to the Shaggan rule (MS 205000c)

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; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Language:: Swahili

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

Barua (MS 53489h)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927; Ahmad bin Muhammed
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Bibliography (MS 53503a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1953 ( 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 Literature; Swahili poetry; Bibliography; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: English

Biographical information about Mwana Kupona and Bwana Mataka (MS 53508c)

Creator:: Muhammed bin Abdalla ( 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; Questionnaires; Biography; Kiswahili mashairi; Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Biography of Poets (MS 196884b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Biography; Literary history; Kiswahili mashairi; Sayyid Mansab bin Abdurrahman
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)

Bird was flying along (MS 193290)

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: English

Brief History of Tanaland (MS 53829p)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1928 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 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; Colonialism; Politics and government; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanaland Protectorate -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Cheating blind man (MS 193290)

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: English

Child, the man, the mongoose (MS 193290)

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: English

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