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Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)  

Creator:  Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir
Abdalla ba Sheikh
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

حکایت مرزا اور کلو  

Publication Date:  [early 19th century]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Format:  1 manuscript volume
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Urdu poetry -- 19th century
Narrative poetry, Urdu
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Masnavi or Sihr ul Bayan [The Enchanting Story]  

Creator:  Ḥasan, Mīr, active 18th century
Format:  102 folio leaves
Material:  Opaque watercolour, gold and ink on paper
Measurements:  H17.6 x W9.9 cm
Subjects:  Urdu poetry 1500-1800
Fables, Urdu
اردو شاعری
افسانے ، اردو
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift of Lt-Col. D.C.Philott

Die Afrika-Literatur in der Zeit von 1500-1750 N. CH  

Publication Date:  1882
Creator:  Paulitschke, Philipp
Publisher:  Brockhausen & Bräuer ( Wien )
Format:  v, 122p : ;
Subjects:  Bibliography -- Africa
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Sha'ir Ikan  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  [S.l.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Malay literature
Kesusasteraan Melayu
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Mongsen Ao word list (MS 18888)  

Publication Date:  1926
Creator:  Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960
Format:  1 volume
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Ao language
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

簡字論集  

Publication Date:  1931
Creator:  陳光垚
Chen, Guangyao
Publisher:  商務印書館 ( 上海 )
Shang wu yin shu guan ( Shanghai )
Format:  192 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Subjects:  Chinese language -- Simplified characters
汉语 -- 简化字
漢語 -- 簡化字
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Hamziyya Notes  

Publication Date:  1936
Creator:  Hichens, William, -1944
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman
Sheikh Muhammad Said Albusiry
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  25 cm.
Technique:  1 volume (32 pages)
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Batak Pustaha [Magic Book]  

Format:  46 folio leaves on side A; 45 folio leaves on side B
Material:  Tree bark (palm)
Plain wooden carrier boards (front and back)
Measurements:  H21 x 17.8 cm
Technique:  Concertina style, on sheets of bark. Enclosed within wooden boards.
Subjects:  Pustaha
Magic
Sihir
Batak
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  From the William Marsden collection.

Syair Selindung Delima : MS 40322  

Publication Date:  [1780s]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Lena, Encik
Publisher:  the copyist/calligrapher ( Bengkulu, west Sumatra (now Indonesia) )
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Utenzi wa Qatirifu (Wadi Isban) (MS 45022b)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Abu Bakr bin Mwengo
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Prophet Mohammed
Fāṭimah -632 or 633
Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634
Abu Bakr
Faith
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Fatima
Warfare, Conventional
Military art and science
Muḥammad, Prophet, -643
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Documenting Hausa popular literature  

Publication Date:  [1999]
Creator:  Furniss, Graham
Publisher:  SOAS University of London ( London )
Format:  15 pages
Subjects:  Hausa language -- Literatue
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Genealogy of Perak sultans (MS 40334)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  14 f.
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Sultans
ڤراق
Sultan Perak
سلطان ڤراق
Malays (Asian people) -- Kings and rulers
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London
Donor:  Winstedt, Sir Richard Olaf (1878-1966) Knight Colonial Administrator Orientalist

Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona  

Publication Date:  1858
Creator:  Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Gender roles
Marriage
Religious belief
Religious practice
Social structure
Women's education
Mwana Heshima binti Sheikh
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

מלון למנחי מסגרות ונפחות  

Publication Date:  702 [1942]
Creator:  Vạʻad ha-lashon ha-ʻIvrit be-Erets Yiśraʼel
ועד הלשון העברית בארץ ישראל
Publisher:  yotse besiyuʻa mosad Bialik ̣ve-ha-"mashbir ha-merkazi" ( Yerushalayim )
יוצא בסויע מוסד ביאליק וה״משביר המרכזי״ ( ירושלים )
Format:  112 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Subjects:  Industrial arts -- Dictionaries
Hebrew language -- Dictionaries -- Polyglot
שפה עברית -- מילונים -- פּוֹלִיגלוֹט
אומנויות תעשייתיות -- מילונים
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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