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 >>	121 Notes on the Galla and Others (MS 53829j) Creator: Mahony, M. F. J. R., Captain, fl. 1929-1935 ( Author, Primary ) Sharpe, H. B., Major, fl. 1933-1945. ( contributor ) Darroch, R. G. ( contributor ) 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 Islam Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 122 Nyimbo (MS 193291b) 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: Swahili songs Poetry Ushairi Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 123 Nyimbo za Mapenzi (MS 47779b) 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: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 124 On Mitepe and Their Owners (MS 53829e) Creator: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1926 ( Author, Primary ) Sullivan, A. W. ( contributor ) 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 Shipping Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 125 Pate and the Portuguese colonisation-15th/16th century (MS 53507c) 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 -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 126 Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (MS 53489a) 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 Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Erythraean Sea Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 127 Pilgrim and his money (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 128 Poor man and his rich friend (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 129 Qala Shairi (MS 53508i) 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: Swahili poetry Traditional poetry Oral literature Kiswahili mashairi Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 130 Qasida (MS 53496b) Creator: Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1889 AD (1306 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 -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 131 Sage of the Gazelle (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 132 Scholar and the centipede (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 133 Shairi la Abdallah bin al-Bajuniy (MS 53508b) Creator: Abdalla bin al-Bajiniy ( 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 Legends Religious poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Shairi Takhmis Shayari Language: Swahili 134 Shairi la Abdallah bin Songora (MS 53508a) Creator: bin Songoro, Abdallah ( 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 Legends Religious poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 135 Shairi la Mwana wa Gongwa (MS 53508h) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( 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 Traditional poetry Oral literature Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 136 Shamsu Dhahira al-Dhahiya (MS 196884a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious belief Swahili glossary Imani za kidini Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 137 Shipping: Dhow Arrival Figures (MS 53829d) Creator: [s.n.] 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 -- Economic history East Africa -- Economic history Shipping Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 138 Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo (MS 53498b) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1920 AD (circa 1338 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Kiswahili mashairi Liongo Fumo Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Shairi Wimbo Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 139 Slavery, Ordinances and Verbal Pact with Somalis (MS 53829l) Creator: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( 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: Slavery Abolition of Slavery Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 140 Songs, Photographs, and Other material (MS 53826f) 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 songs Photographs Drawings Swahili poetry Notes Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Language: Swahili

121

Notes on the Galla and Others (MS 53829j)

Creator:: Mahony, M. F. J. R., Captain, fl. 1929-1935 ( Author, Primary ); Sharpe, H. B., Major, fl. 1933-1945. ( contributor ); Darroch, R. G. ( contributor )
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; Islam
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

122

Nyimbo (MS 193291b)

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:: Swahili songs; Poetry; Ushairi; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

123

Nyimbo za Mapenzi (MS 47779b)

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:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

124

On Mitepe and Their Owners (MS 53829e)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1926 ( Author, Primary ); Sullivan, A. W. ( contributor )
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; Shipping
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

125

Pate and the Portuguese colonisation-15th/16th century (MS 53507c)

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 -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

126

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (MS 53489a)

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; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Erythraean Sea
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

127

Pilgrim and his money (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

128

Poor man and his rich friend (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

129

Qala Shairi (MS 53508i)

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:: Swahili poetry; Traditional poetry; Oral literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

130

Qasida (MS 53496b)

Creator:: Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1889 AD (1306 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 -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

131

Sage of the Gazelle (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

132

Scholar and the centipede (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

133

Shairi la Abdallah bin al-Bajuniy (MS 53508b)

Creator:: Abdalla bin al-Bajiniy ( 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; Legends; Religious poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM); Shairi; Takhmis; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

134

Shairi la Abdallah bin Songora (MS 53508a)

Creator:: bin Songoro, Abdallah ( 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; Legends; Religious poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

135

Shairi la Mwana wa Gongwa (MS 53508h)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( 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; Traditional poetry; Oral literature; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

136

Shamsu Dhahira al-Dhahiya (MS 196884a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious belief; Swahili glossary; Imani za kidini; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

137

Shipping: Dhow Arrival Figures (MS 53829d)

Creator:: [s.n.]
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 -- Economic history; East Africa -- Economic history; Shipping
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

138

Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo (MS 53498b)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1920 AD (circa 1338 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Liongo Fumo
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Wimbo; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

139

Slavery, Ordinances and Verbal Pact with Somalis (MS 53829l)

Creator:: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( 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:: Slavery; Abolition of Slavery; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

140

Songs, Photographs, and Other material (MS 53826f)

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 songs; Photographs; Drawings; Swahili poetry; Notes
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: Swahili

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