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Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 6 ) English ( 5 ) Somali ( 2 ) Creator Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( 5 ) [s.n.] ( 5 ) Hoysted, D.M.F., Colonel ( 2 ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( 1 ) Athman bin Al-Kadhi ( 1 ) British Museum ( 1 ) Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? ( 1 ) Crapanzano, Andrea Oscar ( 1 ) Jaamac Cumar Ciise ( 1 ) Muhammad Kijumwa ( 1 ) Show More >> Publisher Akadeemiyaha Dhaqanka ( 1 ) Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 10 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 6 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 5 ) Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? ( 4 ) Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará ( 4 ) Vocal music ( 3 ) Agriculture ( 2 ) Farmers ( 2 ) Ummul-Kura (poem) ( 2 ) Bajun (African people) ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 8 ) Somalia ( 8 ) Bajuni Islands ( 6 ) Lower Juba Region ( 5 ) England ( 4 ) Europe ( 4 ) London ( 4 ) United Kingdom ( 4 ) Kenya ( 1 ) Lamu ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poem ( 7 ) Qasidas (poetic form) ( 4 ) Poetry ( 3 ) Songs ( 3 ) Utumbuizo ( 2 ) Essays ( 1 )	1 Hamziyya : (MS 53823 and MS 380931) Creator: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Athman bin Al-Kadhi ( contributor ) ،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296? ( contributor ) Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1652 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Swahili poetry Religious beliefs Kijuma, Muhammad Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara -- Siu Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island Africa -- Somalia -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 2 [Letter from Octaires Murray Browne to William Hichens, dated 11 August 1936] Creator: Murray Browne, Octaires Publication Date: 1936 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Library. SOAS, University of London. Swahili poetry Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster Genre: Poem Qasidas (poetic form) Language: English 3 [Letter from Colonel D.M.F. Hoysted to William Hichens, dated 4 August 1936] Creator: Hoysted, D.M.F., Colonel Publication Date: 1936 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Ummul-Kura (poem) Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster Genre: Poem Qasidas (poetic form) Language: English 4 [Letter from Colonel D.M.F. Hoysted to William Hichens, dated 27 July 1936] Creator: Hoysted, D.M.F., Colonel Publication Date: 1936 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Ummul-Kura (poem) Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster Genre: Poem Qasidas (poetic form) Language: English 5 [Letter from the British Museum to William Hichens, dated 13 August 1936] Creator: British Museum Publication Date: 1936 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. British Museum Swahili poetry Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster Genre: Poem Qasidas (poetic form) Language: English 6 Collection of Kimai (MS 380059a) Creator: [s.n.] Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Kigunya Kitikuu Kibajuni Vocal music Sea fishing Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 7 Collection of Wawe (MS 380059d) Creator: [s.n.] Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral tradition in literature Vocal music Agriculture Farmers Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 8 Makame na Midhe (MS 380059b) Creator: [s.n.] Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral tradition in literature Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 9 Mke na Mume (MS 380059c) Creator: [s.n.] Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral tradition in literature Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 10 Profilo Storico del Kiswahili (MS 380539a) Creator: Crapanzano, Andrea Oscar ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language History Decolonization Nation-building Periodicals Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 11 Fragment of Wawe ya Taamali and partial explanation of the wawe (MS 380560b) Creator: [s.n.] Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1966 AD (1386 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral tradition in literature Vocal music Agriculture Farmers Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Songs (lctgm) Language: Swahili 12 Injilka qodusah e 'Isa Kristos rabbigena : O badrinta iyo Kristanka Somalied e missionka Berbera (ilama sannadi 1910) 'Vulgate' kaga rogen af Somali Type: Book Format: 258 pages ; 22 cm Source Institution: SOAS University of London Language: English Somali 13 Taariikhdii Daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan (1895-1921) Creator: Jaamac Cumar Ciise Publication Date: 1976 Publisher: Akadeemiyaha Dhaqanka ( Muqdisho ) Type: Book Format: viii, 320 p. : ill. ; Source Institution: SOAS University of London Subject Keyword: Biography -- Somalia كتابة سيرة -- الصومال Spatial Coverage: Somalia الصومال Africa -- Somalia أفريقيا -- الصومال Language: Somali

Hamziyya : (MS 53823 and MS 380931)

Creator:: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?; Athman bin Al-Kadhi ( contributor ); ،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296? ( contributor ); Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1652
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Kijuma, Muhammad; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara -- Siu; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island; Africa -- Somalia -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

[Letter from Octaires Murray Browne to William Hichens, dated 11 August 1936]

Creator:: Murray Browne, Octaires
Publication Date:: 1936
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Library. SOAS, University of London.; Swahili poetry; Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará; Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster
Genre:: Poem; Qasidas (poetic form)
Language:: English

[Letter from Colonel D.M.F. Hoysted to William Hichens, dated 4 August 1936]

Creator:: Hoysted, D.M.F., Colonel
Publication Date:: 1936
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará; Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?; Ummul-Kura (poem)
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster
Genre:: Poem; Qasidas (poetic form)
Language:: English

[Letter from Colonel D.M.F. Hoysted to William Hichens, dated 27 July 1936]

Creator:: Hoysted, D.M.F., Colonel
Publication Date:: 1936
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará; Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?; Ummul-Kura (poem)
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster
Genre:: Poem; Qasidas (poetic form)
Language:: English

[Letter from the British Museum to William Hichens, dated 13 August 1936]

Creator:: British Museum
Publication Date:: 1936
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. British Museum; Swahili poetry; Umm al-qurá fī madḥ khayr al-wará; Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- London -- London -- Westminster
Genre:: Poem; Qasidas (poetic form)
Language:: English

Collection of Kimai (MS 380059a)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Kigunya; Kitikuu; Kibajuni; Vocal music; Sea fishing
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Collection of Wawe (MS 380059d)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral tradition in literature; Vocal music; Agriculture; Farmers; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Makame na Midhe (MS 380059b)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral tradition in literature; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Mke na Mume (MS 380059c)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral tradition in literature; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Profilo Storico del Kiswahili (MS 380539a)

Creator:: Crapanzano, Andrea Oscar ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; History; Decolonization; Nation-building; Periodicals
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

Fragment of Wawe ya Taamali and partial explanation of the wawe (MS 380560b)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1966 AD (1386 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral tradition in literature; Vocal music; Agriculture; Farmers; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Songs (lctgm)
Language:: Swahili

Injilka qodusah e 'Isa Kristos rabbigena : O badrinta iyo Kristanka Somalied e missionka Berbera (ilama sannadi 1910) 'Vulgate' kaga rogen af Somali

Type:: Book
Format:: 258 pages ; 22 cm
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Language:: English; Somali

Taariikhdii Daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan (1895-1921)

Creator:: Jaamac Cumar Ciise
Publication Date:: 1976
Publisher:: Akadeemiyaha Dhaqanka ( Muqdisho )
Type:: Book
Format:: viii, 320 p. : ill. ;
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Biography -- Somalia; كتابة سيرة -- الصومال
Spatial Coverage:: Somalia; الصومال; Africa -- Somalia; أفريقيا -- الصومال
Language:: Somali

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