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Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 45022c)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Moses (Biblical leader)
Gabriel (Archangel)
Michael (Archangel)
Oral history
Jibril
Musa
Mikail
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Composite manuscript in Gǝ’ǝz (Ethiopic) in several hands, including a variety of religious texts, the Ethiopian calendar, and passages from Scripture with comments  

Material:  Vellum
Measurements:  H16 x W14 cm
Subjects:  តំបន់អាស៊ី -- អាគ្នេយ៍អាស៊ី
Coptic Church -- Liturgy
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Unidentified item  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Utenzi wa Hirqal (MS 45022a)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Christianity
Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Gabriel (Archangel)
Prophet Mohammed
Oral history
Jibril
Ibnu Omari
Jaafari Mwana Amuye Bashiri
Faith
Muḥammad, Prophet, -641
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Heraclius
Abdalla Shuhuri
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Analakely et Colline de Faravohitra  

Publication Date:  [1934 - 1940]
Creator:  Stavy
Publisher:  Stavy
Subjects:  Cities and towns
Church buildings
Views
Tanana
Grandes villes et villages
Afrika -- Madagasikara -- Antananarivo -- Amalamanga -- Antananarivo -- Antananarivo -- Faravohita
Afrique -- Madagascar -- Tananarive -- Analamanga -- Tananarive -- Tananarive -- Faravohitra
Trano fiangonana
Église, bâtiments
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Unidentified item  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Watermarks
دمغ بعلامة مائية
Filigranes
Wasserzeichen
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Unidentified item  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Watermarks
دمغ بعلامة مائية
Filigranes
Wasserzeichen
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Guide to Swahili examinations  

Publication Date:  1927
Creator:  Zanzibar
Ingrams, William Harold, 1897-
Broomfield, Gerald Webb, 1895-
Abubaker, Tahir bin
Publisher:  Government printer ( Zanzibar City )
Format:  51, [2] p. : 24.25 cm
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Swahili language -- Study and teaching
لغة سواحلية -- دراسة وتدريس
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Hadithi ya Qiyama (MS 380530a)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  25 leaves
Technique:  Typescript
In black type, with marks in pencil and red ink
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Utenzi
Death
Heaven
ابن المهيب، محمد ابو بكر
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Kifo
Imani za kidini
Mbinguni
Kuzimu
Muhammad, Mtume, -632
Prophet Mohammed
Faith
Hell -- Islam
Muḥammad, Prophet, -649
Source Institution:  Archives and Special Collections

Boat, probably in the Suez Canal  

Publication Date:  1937
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Agfa
Subjects:  Boats and boating
Egypt -- Suez Canal
مصر -- قناة السويس
أفريقيا -- مصر -- السويس -- السويس
قارب
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kitabu al-Nasabi  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Watermarks
دمغ بعلامة مائية
Filigranes
Wasserzeichen
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Imam Kura Nguigmibe reading while seated before a copy of "Argumentaire islamique sur l'équité de genre"]  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Imams
أئمة
Imame
Nguigmibe, Kura, Grand Imam
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Man In The Moon Watermark from the Grand Imam Yousouf manuscript collection (N'Guigmi, Niger, 2010)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Measurements:  [various sizes]
Subjects:  Watermarks
دمغ بعلامة مائية
Filigranes
Wasserzeichen
Moon in art
القمر في الفن
Lune dans l'art
Mond in der Kunst
Source Institution:  SOAS, University 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

Welo lāfar  

Publication Date:  1963
Creator:  Sāmuʼel Laggasa
Format:  [44]p : ill ;
Subjects:  Amharic poetry
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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