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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 183 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 184 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 185 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 186 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 187 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 188 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 189 History of the Mazrui Dynasty of Mombasa (MS 380591a) Creator: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary ) Ritchie, J. M. (James M.) ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1965 AD (1385 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 Mombasa History Genealogy Kings and Rulers Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 190 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 191 Hymns in Swahili (MS 47753a) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1886-1890 AD (1303-1307 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Christianity Catholicism Catholic Church Saints Missionary work Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Songs (Translation) Language: Swahili 192 Imam Ibrahim Qur’an Creator: Borno scribes [unknown] Scribes Borno [inconnue] ( contributor ) Borno Schriftgelehrten [unbekannt] ( contributor ) الكتبة بورنو [غير معروف] ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Subject Keyword: Qur'an القرآن الكريم Coran Koran قرآن Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno -- Maiduguri Genre: Qur'an Language: Arabic Kanembu 193 Ina gode Allah da yai annur na ahmada Creator: Asma'u, Nana, 1793-1865 Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: archival materials Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Nigeria -- Sokoto -- Sokoto Genre: archival materials (sobekcm) Language: Hausa 194 Index catalogue and notes to Allen collection (MS 279888-1a) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1970 AD (1390 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili manuscripts Swahili poetry Swahili literature Kiswahili mashairi Manuscripts, Swahili Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Index 195 Inheritance computations (calculation of shares) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Subject Keyword: Inheritance Inheritance computations Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno Genre: ʿilm warātha Language: Arabic 196 Instructions on application of amulets Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Subject Keyword: amulet talisman Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno Genre: amulet talisman Language: Arabic 197 IP Watermark from the Grand Imam Yousouf manuscript collection (N'Guigmi, Niger, 2010) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Photograph Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Subject Keyword: Watermarks دمغ بعلامة مائية Filigranes Wasserzeichen Spatial Coverage: Europe Europa أوروبا Genre: Watermarks 198 Jawabu na Mashairi (MS 47754c) Creator: [s.n.] Khamis Jogi ( contributor ) 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 poetry Swahili Literature Popular poetry Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 199 Jawāhir al-lughah Creator: Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 16th cent. Harawi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf, 16th cent. Kāshānī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, fl. 1601. Kashani, Muhammad ibn Ahmad, fl. 1601. Publication Date: 1601 Type: Book Source Institution: \|Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library Holding Location: \|Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library Subject Keyword: Medicine, Arab Dictionaries Arabic Language: Arabic 200 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

181

Historical Poem on Lamu and Shela (MS 326a)

Creator:: Shaib Faraj bin Hemed al-Bakry Allamy ( Author, Primary )
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; Arab colonialism; Warfare, Conventional; Military art and science
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

182

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

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

History of the Mazrui Dynasty of Mombasa (MS 380591a)

Creator:: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary ); Ritchie, J. M. (James M.) ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1965 AD (1385 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; Mombasa History; Genealogy; Kings and Rulers
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

190

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

191

Hymns in Swahili (MS 47753a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1886-1890 AD (1303-1307 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Christianity; Catholicism; Catholic Church; Saints; Missionary work
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Songs (Translation)
Language:: Swahili

192

Imam Ibrahim Qur’an

Creator:: Borno scribes [unknown]; Scribes Borno [inconnue] ( contributor ); Borno Schriftgelehrten [unbekannt] ( contributor ); الكتبة بورنو [غير معروف] ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: Qur'an; القرآن الكريم; Coran; Koran; قرآن
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno -- Maiduguri
Genre:: Qur'an
Language:: Arabic; Kanembu

193

Ina gode Allah da yai annur na ahmada

Creator:: Asma'u, Nana, 1793-1865
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: archival materials
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Nigeria -- Sokoto -- Sokoto
Genre:: archival materials (sobekcm)
Language:: Hausa

194

Index catalogue and notes to Allen collection (MS 279888-1a)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1970 AD (1390 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili manuscripts; Swahili poetry; Swahili literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Manuscripts, Swahili
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT); Index

195

Inheritance computations (calculation of shares)

Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: Inheritance; Inheritance computations
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno
Genre:: ʿilm warātha
Language:: Arabic

196

Instructions on application of amulets

Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: amulet; talisman
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno
Genre:: amulet; talisman
Language:: Arabic

197

IP Watermark from the Grand Imam Yousouf manuscript collection (N'Guigmi, Niger, 2010)

Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Photograph
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: Watermarks; دمغ بعلامة مائية; Filigranes; Wasserzeichen
Spatial Coverage:: Europe; Europa; أوروبا
Genre:: Watermarks

198

Jawabu na Mashairi (MS 47754c)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Khamis Jogi ( contributor )
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 poetry; Swahili Literature; Popular poetry; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

199

Jawāhir al-lughah

Creator:: Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 16th cent.; Harawi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf, 16th cent.; Kāshānī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, fl. 1601.; Kashani, Muhammad ibn Ahmad, fl. 1601.
Publication Date:: 1601
Type:: Book
Source Institution:: |Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library
Holding Location:: |Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library
Subject Keyword:: Medicine, Arab Dictionaries Arabic
Language:: Arabic

200

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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