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 >>	141 Specimens of Swahili Literature in Translation (MS 53494a) 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: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Liongo Fumo Fumo Liyongo Muyaka bin Haji Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Translation Language: English 142 Story of Barsisa (MS 47781a) Creator: [s.n.] Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1933 AD (circa 1352 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Legends Islam Religious belief Swahili poetry Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 143 Sultans of Zanzibar (MS 53489g) 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: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Sultan Seyyid Said and his sons Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 144 Swahili Notes and Glosses (MS 47796a) 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 Vocabulary Kiswahili mashairi Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 145 Swahili Prosody (MS 53502a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1954 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Poetry Literary forms and genres Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Ushairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation 146 Swahili Prosody (MS 53504a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1950 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Poetry Literary forms and genres Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation Language: English 147 Swahili Prosody (MS 53505a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1951 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Poetry Literary forms and genres Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Ushairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation Language: English 148 Swahili Prosody (MS 53826a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili prosody Swahili poetry Notes Kiswahili mashairi Swahili prose literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 149 Swahili Romantic and Religious Tales (MS 47706a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1912-1936 AD Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 150 Swahili songs (MS 53498c) Creator: [s.n.] Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) 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 Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Kiswahili mashairi Songs, Swahili Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 151 Swahili Word list (MS 53509a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1930s AD (1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili word list Word list Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Swahili language -- Vocabulary Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 152 Tarekhe ya Pate with note by William Hichens (MS 47779c) Creator: Bwana Kitini ( Author, Primary ) Bwana Faraji ( contributor ) 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: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Oral tradition in literature Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 153 Theory of the Utenzi genre (MS 53826d) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( 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 Notes Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 154 Three fishes (MS 193290) : [Samaki tatu] 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 155 Three honest men (MS 193290) : Usalihi from a Syrian source 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 156 Trade in Lamu (MS 53829f) Creator: Rutter, Eldon, 1894-approximately 1956? ( Author, Primary ) Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( 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 Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 157 Translation of Poems (MS 53826c) 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 Kiswahili mashairi Liongo Fumo Fumo Liyongo Sh. Muhammad bin Abubakar Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Translation Language: English 158 Turkish tale (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 159 Two lizards in the log (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 160 Utendi wa Isipani. And Other short poems. (MS 53508k) 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 Islam Religious poetry Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Jordan -- Amman Governate -- Wadi Hisban -- Wādī Ḩisbān Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili

141

Specimens of Swahili Literature in Translation (MS 53494a)

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:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Liongo Fumo; Fumo Liyongo; Muyaka bin Haji
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari; Translation
Language:: English

142

Story of Barsisa (MS 47781a)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1933 AD (circa 1352 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Legends; Islam; Religious belief; Swahili poetry; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

143

Sultans of Zanzibar (MS 53489g)

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:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia; Sultan Seyyid Said and his sons
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

144

Swahili Notes and Glosses (MS 47796a)

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; Vocabulary; Kiswahili mashairi; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

145

Swahili Prosody (MS 53502a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1954 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Poetry; Literary forms and genres; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Ushairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation

146

Swahili Prosody (MS 53504a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1950 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Poetry; Literary forms and genres; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation
Language:: English

147

Swahili Prosody (MS 53505a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1951 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Poetry; Literary forms and genres; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Ushairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation
Language:: English

148

Swahili Prosody (MS 53826a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili prosody; Swahili poetry; Notes; Kiswahili mashairi; Swahili prose literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

149

Swahili Romantic and Religious Tales (MS 47706a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1912-1936 AD
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

150

Swahili songs (MS 53498c)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
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; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Songs, Swahili
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM); Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

151

Swahili Word list (MS 53509a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1930s AD (1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili word list; Word list; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Swahili language -- Vocabulary
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

152

Tarekhe ya Pate with note by William Hichens (MS 47779c)

Creator:: Bwana Kitini ( Author, Primary ); Bwana Faraji ( contributor )
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:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Oral tradition in literature; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

153

Theory of the Utenzi genre (MS 53826d)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( 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; Notes; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

154

Three fishes (MS 193290) : [Samaki tatu]

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

155

Three honest men (MS 193290) : Usalihi from a Syrian source

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

156

Trade in Lamu (MS 53829f)

Creator:: Rutter, Eldon, 1894-approximately 1956? ( Author, Primary ); Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( 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; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

157

Translation of Poems (MS 53826c)

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; Kiswahili mashairi; Liongo Fumo; Fumo Liyongo; Sh. Muhammad bin Abubakar
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari; Translation
Language:: English

158

Turkish tale (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

159

Two lizards in the log (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

160

Utendi wa Isipani. And Other short poems. (MS 53508k)

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; Islam; Religious poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Jordan -- Amman Governate -- Wadi Hisban -- Wādī Ḩisbān
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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