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19th Century Poems from Siu (MS 380450a)
19th Century Poems from Siu (MS 380450a)
Creator:
Muhammad bin Sheikh Mataka ( Author, Primary )
Sheikh Muhyiddin bin Sheikh bin Qahtwan al-Waily ( contributor )
Umar bin Amin-Ahdali ( contributor )
Maalim Musa ( contributor )
Koti, Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:
circa 1900 AD (circa 1318 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 -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)
29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)
Creator:
Abedi, Bakari ( Author, Primary )
Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
circa 1966 AD (circa 1386 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 -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Nyimbo
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b)
34 stanzas with notes (MS 380272b)
Creator:
Mgeni bin Faqihi ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1964 AD (1384 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 -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Translation
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Al-Inkishafi (MS 47770a)
Al-Inkishafi (MS 47770a)
Creator:
Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( 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
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Arabic and Swahili poems praising the Prophet Mohammed (MS 457;  MS 279888-Vol.11)
Arabic and Swahili poems praising the Prophet Mohammed (MS 457; MS 279888-Vol.11)
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
Arabic poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Sufism
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
6
Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443)
Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443)
Creator:
Mohammed bin Malik Attwayi ( Author, Primary )
Sheikh Muhammad bin Said al-Busiry ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Arabic language -- Grammar
Islam
Religious poetry
Religious belief
Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
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Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312)
Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312)
Creator:
Sheikh Mohammed bin Malik Atwaii ( 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
Islam
Religious belief
Arabic language -- Grammar
Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448)
Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448)
Creator:
Al-Habib Abdalla ibn Husayn ( Author, Primary )
Sayyid Abdurrahman ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Arabic poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Sufism
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Biography of Poets (MS 196884b)
Biography of Poets (MS 196884b)
Creator:
Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor )
Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Biography
Literary history
Kiswahili mashairi
Sayyid Mansab bin Abdurrahman
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
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Collection of Dua, Waadhi, Utenzi ya Arusi ya Fatuma na Ali, Kishamia (MS 393)
Collection of Dua, Waadhi, Utenzi ya Arusi ya Fatuma na Ali, Kishamia (MS 393)
Creator:
Sheikh Yusuf bin Ismaili al-Nabhani ( Author, Primary )
Sayyid Ahmad bin Hasan al-Mahdali ( contributor )
Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( contributor )
Sayyid Amin Al-Mahdaly ( contributor )
Maryam binti Ali bin Abdalla ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Arabic poetry
Religious poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Takhmis
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Collection of short poems praising the Prophet Mohammed; Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 440)
Collection of short poems praising the Prophet Mohammed; Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 440)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Yusuf bin Ismail Nabhani ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Religious poetry
Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Collection of Swahili Verses (MS 47708a)
Collection of Swahili Verses (MS 47708a)
Creator:
Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary )
Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1913 AD (1331 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Marriage
Oral tradition in literature
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Daaliyya
Daaliyya
Creator:
Yūsī, al-Ḥasan Ibn-Masʿūd al- 1630-1691
Imruʾ al-Qays, 497-545 ( contributor )
امرؤ القيس، 130-80 ق.هـ ( contributor )
امرؤ القيس بن حجر الكندي،‏ ,٤٩٧-٥٤٥‏ ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:
Panegyric poetry
مديح
Éloge panégyrique
Panegyrikus
Poetry
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno -- Maiduguri
Genre:
Poem
Language:
Kanembu
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Dialogic poem : MS 14
Dialogic poem : MS 14
Creator:
Mohammed, Mohammed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary )
Tahir, Ali Mohammed ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Religious poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Diwani la Ujuzi wa Sawahili (MS 53499a)
Diwani la Ujuzi wa Sawahili (MS 53499a)
Creator:
Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary )
Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor )
Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Sa’id bin Salim ( contributor )
Mshairi wa Amu ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1940 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili Literature
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Liongo Fumo
Fumo Liyongo
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Songs (LCTGM)
Short stories (LCSH)
Poetry (LCTGM)
Literature (LCTGM)
Language:
English
Swahili
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Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili (MS 53491a)
Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili (MS 53491a)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili Poetry
Oral tradition in literature
Literary history
Biography
Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili (MS 53495a)
Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili (MS 53495a)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Oral tradition in literature
Literary history
Biography
Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Dua (MS 380548e)
Dua (MS 380548e)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Abdalla ba Sheikh ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1967 AD (1387 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Islam
Religious practice
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
19
Dua ya kumwombea mtu anayeenda hija (MS 380067e)
Dua ya kumwombea mtu anayeenda hija (MS 380067e)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Religious practice
Ka’ba
Swahili poetry
Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Makkah Region -- Arabian Peninsula -- Mecca
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 376)
Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 376)
Creator:
Abdalla bin Bashekh Allami ( 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
Islam
Religious belief
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Takhmis
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili