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Narrow Results By: Language English ( 20 ) Swahili ( 13 ) Creator Hichens, William, -1944 ( 13 ) [s.n.] ( 7 ) Reddie, C. W. ( 2 ) Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( 2 ) Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( 1 ) Allen, J. W. T. ( 1 ) Alley, William, fl. 1667 ( 1 ) Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1927 ( 1 ) Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1929 ( 1 ) Darroch, R. G. ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Africa, East -- History ( 17 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 17 ) East Africa -- History ( 17 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 17 ) Swahili poetry ( 17 ) Africa, East ( 14 ) East Africa ( 14 ) Colonialism ( 6 ) Imperialism ( 6 ) Notes ( 6 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 38 ) Kenya ( 18 ) Swahili Coast ( 16 ) Lamu ( 11 ) Lamu Island ( 11 ) Tanzania ( 4 ) Mombasa ( 2 ) Pate ( 2 ) Pate Island ( 2 ) Witu ( 2 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Notes ( 39 ) Records (Documents) ( 39 ) Translation ( 2 ) Index ( 1 )	1 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 2 Arrisalatu-l-Jamia (MS 444) Creator: Sheikh Muhammad bin Ali l-Bashiry ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islamic teaching Uislamu Islam Religious practice Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Translation Language: Swahili 3 Bantu language: miscellaneous languages (PP MS 42. L/1-L/51) Creator: Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1950s-1960s AD (circa 1369s-1380s A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Bantu languages Linguistics Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 4 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 5 Economics, Medicine and Forestry (MS 53829k) Creator: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1929 ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( 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 Economics Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 6 Glossary (MS 210010c) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Format: 16 f. Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English Swahili 7 Habari za Pate-historical notes (MS 358) Creator: Swaleh bin Salim bin Ahmed bin Abdalla Sharahil ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1946 AD (1365 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 Arab colonialism Warfare, Conventional Military art and science Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 8 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 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 Lamu and the War, 1939 -1941 (MS 53829m) Creator: Lawrence, A. A. M. ( 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: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 14 Lamu Ghosts and Devils and a Note on a Mosque (MS 53829g) Creator: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1927 ( Author, Primary ) Reddie, C. 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 Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 15 List of Authors and Biographies (MS 53503b) 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 Literature Swahili poetry Biography Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 16 List of poems (MS 53498a) 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 Literature Swahili poetry Notes Kiswahili mashairi Kijuma, Muhammad Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 17 Literary and historical Notes (MS 53503e) 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 Literature Swahili poetry Songs Oral history Yao proverbs Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 18 Liwalis of Lamu (two short histories) (MS 53829c) Creator: Reddie, C. W. ( Author, Primary ) Isaac, F. 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 Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 19 Memorandum of Agreement (MS 253028k) Creator: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1931 AD (1350 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Legal documents Royalties Copyright -- Royalties Intellectual property Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 20 Miscellaneous (MS 53826e) 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 Africa, East East Africa Arabic calligraphy Notes Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English

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

Arrisalatu-l-Jamia (MS 444)

Creator:: Sheikh Muhammad bin Ali l-Bashiry ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islamic teaching; Uislamu; Islam; Religious practice; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT); Translation
Language:: Swahili

Bantu language: miscellaneous languages (PP MS 42. L/1-L/51)

Creator:: Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1950s-1960s AD (circa 1369s-1380s A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Bantu languages; Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

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

Economics, Medicine and Forestry (MS 53829k)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1929 ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( 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; Economics
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Glossary (MS 210010c)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Format:: 16 f.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English; Swahili

Habari za Pate-historical notes (MS 358)

Creator:: Swaleh bin Salim bin Ahmed bin Abdalla Sharahil ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1946 AD (1365 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; Arab colonialism; Warfare, Conventional; Military art and science
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

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

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 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

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

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

Lamu and the War, 1939 -1941 (MS 53829m)

Creator:: Lawrence, A. A. M. ( 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:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Lamu Ghosts and Devils and a Note on a Mosque (MS 53829g)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1927 ( Author, Primary ); Reddie, C. 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; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

List of Authors and Biographies (MS 53503b)

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 Literature; Swahili poetry; Biography; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

List of poems (MS 53498a)

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 Literature; Swahili poetry; Notes; Kiswahili mashairi; Kijuma, Muhammad
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

Literary and historical Notes (MS 53503e)

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 Literature; Swahili poetry; Songs; Oral history; Yao proverbs
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

Liwalis of Lamu (two short histories) (MS 53829c)

Creator:: Reddie, C. W. ( Author, Primary ); Isaac, F. 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; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Memorandum of Agreement (MS 253028k)

Creator:: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1931 AD (1350 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Legal documents; Royalties; Copyright -- Royalties; Intellectual property; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Miscellaneous (MS 53826e)

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; Africa, East; East Africa; Arabic calligraphy; Notes
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

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