SOAS - William Hichens Collection

Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 112 ) English ( 62 ) Nilamba ( 1 ) Creator [s.n.] ( 57 ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( 42 ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( 24 ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( 13 ) Liongo Fumo ( 11 ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( 7 ) Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( 3 ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( 3 ) Muhyidin bin Sheikh bin Kahtan al-Waili ( 3 ) Said bin Abdallah Masu’ud ( 3 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 112 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 105 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 48 ) Islam ( 46 ) Uislamu ( 46 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 45 ) Africa, East -- History ( 44 ) East Africa -- History ( 44 ) Oral literature ( 40 ) Legends ( 29 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 183 ) Swahili Coast ( 95 ) Kenya ( 74 ) Lamu ( 28 ) Lamu Island ( 24 ) Pate Island ( 24 ) Mombasa ( 21 ) Pate ( 16 ) Tanzania ( 11 ) Shanga ( 10 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poem ( 54 ) Poetry ( 54 ) Literature ( 35 ) Stories ( 34 ) Hadithi ( 33 ) Utenzi ( 30 ) Shairi ( 29 ) Shayari ( 29 ) Notes ( 28 ) Records (Documents) ( 28 ) Show More >>	61 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 62 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 63 Hadithi ya Sheikh Ali (MS 47779f) 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 Islam Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 64 Hadithi ya Siu (MS 47779a) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1935 AD (1354 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 Oral tradition in literature Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Sheikh Bwana Mataka Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Eastern Africa -- Siu District Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 65 Hadithi ya Sultani Aliyekuwa na Ziwa (MS 193290c) 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: 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 66 Hadithi ya Vijana Viwili (MS 193290l) 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: 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 67 Hamziyya : (MS 53823 and MS 380931) Creator: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Athman bin Al-Kadhi ( contributor ) ،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296? ( contributor ) Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1652 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Swahili poetry Religious beliefs Kijuma, Muhammad Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara -- Siu Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island Africa -- Somalia -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 68 Hamziyya Notes Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor ) Sheikh Muhammad Said Albusiry ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1936 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collectoins Subject Keyword: Islam Swahili poetry Religious beliefs Imani za kidini Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya Language: English 69 Handbook of Tanganyika Territory and Other documents (MS 53489c) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1930 AD (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 Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 70 Hare, the hyena and the sun (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: Swahili 71 Hasle has no blessing (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 72 History of Lamu (MS 53829a) Creator: Dickson, T. Ainsworth, fl. 1921 ( 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 East Africa Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 73 History of Pate (MS 53824a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1947 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 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 Africa, East East Africa Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 74 History of Pate c.12th century (MS 53507a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1952 ( 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: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Oral history Chronicles Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 75 History of Pate-17th century (MS 53507e) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( 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: Oral history Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Chronicles Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 76 History of Sheikh Mohamed Mataka and Sultan Ahmadi (MS 53489d) Creator: [s.n.] Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Sheikh Mohamed Mataka Sultan Ahmadi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 77 History of the Anankali people, Iramba, Tanganyika (MS 193292a) 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: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Oral history Oral tradition in literature Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Rukwa Region Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Nilamba 78 History of the Lamu District (MS 53829b) Creator: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1919 ( 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 East Africa Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 79 History of the Witu Sultanate (MS 53829n) Creator: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1918 ( 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 Africa, East East Africa Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Witu Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 80 Journal of Several Voyages Made by Mr William Alley, Begun 1665 (extracts) (MS 53829i) Creator: Alley, William, fl. 1667 ( 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 East Africa Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Maritime transport Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English

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 Sheikh Ali (MS 47779f)

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; Islam; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Siu (MS 47779a)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1935 AD (1354 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; Oral tradition in literature; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia; Sheikh Bwana Mataka
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Eastern Africa -- Siu District
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Hadithi ya Sultani Aliyekuwa na Ziwa (MS 193290c)

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:: 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

Hadithi ya Vijana Viwili (MS 193290l)

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:: 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

Hamziyya : (MS 53823 and MS 380931)

Creator:: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?; Athman bin Al-Kadhi ( contributor ); ،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296? ( contributor ); Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1652
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Kijuma, Muhammad; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara -- Siu; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island; Africa -- Somalia -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Hamziyya Notes

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944; Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor ); Sheikh Muhammad Said Albusiry ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1936
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collectoins
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Imani za kidini; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya
Language:: English

Handbook of Tanganyika Territory and Other documents (MS 53489c)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1930 AD (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; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Hare, the hyena and the sun (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:: Swahili

Hasle has no blessing (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

History of Lamu (MS 53829a)

Creator:: Dickson, T. Ainsworth, fl. 1921 ( 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; East Africa; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

History of Pate (MS 53824a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1947 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 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; Africa, East; East Africa; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

History of Pate c.12th century (MS 53507a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1952 ( 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:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Oral history; Chronicles; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

History of Pate-17th century (MS 53507e)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( 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:: Oral history; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Chronicles; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

History of Sheikh Mohamed Mataka and Sultan Ahmadi (MS 53489d)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia; Sheikh Mohamed Mataka; Sultan Ahmadi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

History of the Anankali people, Iramba, Tanganyika (MS 193292a)

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:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Oral history; Oral tradition in literature; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Rukwa Region
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Nilamba

History of the Lamu District (MS 53829b)

Creator:: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1919 ( 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; East Africa; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

History of the Witu Sultanate (MS 53829n)

Creator:: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1918 ( 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; Africa, East; East Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Witu
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Journal of Several Voyages Made by Mr William Alley, Begun 1665 (extracts) (MS 53829i)

Creator:: Alley, William, fl. 1667 ( 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; East Africa; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Maritime transport
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

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