SOAS - Kenya Collection

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

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

African Aphorisms (MS 47752a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1891 AD (1309 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Aphorisms; Proverbs; Swahili oral literature; Oral literature; Giryama oral literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Translation
Language:: Dawida; Kigiryama

Battaar

Creator:: Nassir, Abdilahi
Type:: Book
Format:: 54 p.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661; Islam -- History; Caliphs -- History; Middle East -- History; Uislam -- Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Nairobi -- Nairobi
Language:: Swahili

Battaar ( 4 items )

Al-ahadithi al-Mukhtarat (MS 439)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Swafiya binti Ali bin Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious belief; Imani za kidini; Uislamu; Faith
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Kilifi County -- Eastern Africa -- Mkomani
Genre:: Qur’an; Translation; Exegesis
Language:: Swahili

Al-Akida: the life history of Muhammad bin Abdallah bin Mbarak Bakhashweini with . . . (MS 210009a)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ); Abdallah bin Mas’ud bin Salim al-Mazrui ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1940 AD (1359 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; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa

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

Al-Inkishafi (MS 256191a)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1934 AD (1353 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Kiswahili mashairi; Swahili poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Translation

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)

Creator:: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( Author, primary ); Abdalla ba Sheikh ( Scribe )
Publication Date:: 1967
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Poetry (Utenzi); Utenzi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373) ( 2 items )

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

Anthology of Swahili Poets (MS 53490a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
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:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Biography; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Translation

Ascension to the Shaggan rule (MS 205000c)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
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)

Barua (MS 53489h)

Creator:: [s.n.]
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 language; Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927; Ahmad bin Muhammed
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

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

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

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

The constitution, rules & regulations of His Highness the Agakhan Ismailia Councils of Africa

Creator:: Ismailis. His Highness the Agha Khan Ismailia Supreme Council for Africa ( Author, Primary ); Aga Khan III, 1877-1957 ( Contributor ); أغا خان الثالث، 1877-1957 ( Contributor ); ઈસમાઇલીયા. આષ્ડિકાની હીઝ હાઇનેસ ધી આગાખાન; આગ ખાન ત્રીજો, 1877-1957
Publication Date:: 1946
Publisher:: The Aga Khan Ismailia. Supreme Council for Africa ( Mombasa ); હીઝ હાઇનેસ ધી આગાખાન ઇસમાઘધલીયા સુપ્રીમ કાઉન્સીલ ફે।ર આફ્રિકા ( મોમ્બાસા )
Type:: Book
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Nizārīs -- Statutes and codes; Ismailites -- Statutes and codes; Law -- Africa; النزاريون‎; نزارية
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa; Afrika -- Kenya -- Kata ya Mombasa -- Mombasa; أفريقيا -- كينيا -- مقاطعة مومباسا -- مومباسا; આફ્રિકા -- કેન્યા -- મોમ્બાસા કાઉન્ટી -- મોમ્બાસા
Genre:: law; شريعة; sheria; ધાર્મિક કાયદો; કાયદો
Language:: English; Gujarati

The constitution, rules & regulations of His Highness the Aga... ( 3 items )

Correspondence (MS 53826b)

Creator:: bin Khamis, Hussain ( Author, Primary ); Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1885-1887 AD (1302-4 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East; East Africa; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence with Ali Ahmed (PP MS 20-1f)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ); Ali Ahmed ( contributor ); Hamisi ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1972-1978 AD (1392-1398 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Nairobi County -- Eastern Africa -- Nairobi
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

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