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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

Nakira rabbul guyusi  

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

Tombs of the Prophet Muḥammad and the Caliphs Abū Bakr and ‘Umar.  

Publication Date:  1637-1638 CE
Creator:  Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (d 1465); mystic
الجزولي، محمد بن سليمان، 807-870 هـ
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, ?-1465
Material:  Watercolour, gold and ink on paper
Measurements:  H18.5 x W12.7cm
Subjects:  Green Dome
القبة الخضراء
Al-Masjid an-Nabawī
Mosque of the Prophet (Medina, Saudi Arabia)
المسجد النبوي‎
Masjid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf
مسجد النبوي الشريف
آسيا -- المملكة العربية السعودية -- المدينة المنورة -- المدينة المنورة -- المسجد النبوي
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by E.J. Parsal, Esq. 1921

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

Pyramids and Sphinx  

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:  Europeans
Arabs
Pyramids
Sphinx
أهرام
أبو الهول
أفريقيا -- مصر -- الجيزة -- الجيزة
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Vue generale, quartier d'Ambatovinaky  

Publication Date:  [c.1930]
Creator:  Stavy
Publisher:  Stavy ( Tananarivo, Madagascar )
Format:  1 postcard
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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

تخميس العشرينيات  

Publication Date:  [18th century?]
Publisher:  holographic manuscript
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  23 cm.
Subjects:  Takhmis
Devotional poetry, Arabic
الشعر تعبدي العربية
Poésie de dévotion arabe
Arabisch hingebungsvollen Poesie
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Danseur Bara  

Publication Date:  [1934 - 1940]
Creator:  Stavy
Publisher:  Stavy
Subjects:  Dancers
Afrika -- Madagasikara -- Toliara
Afrique -- Madagascar -- Tulear
Mpandihy
Danseurs
Bara (Malagasy people)
Bara (Malagasy people) -- Social life and customs
Bara -- ara-tsosialy sy ny fomba amam-panao ny fiainana
Bara (Malagasy people) - Vie sociale et coutumes
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Wakar siga kuwara sai anyi kira  

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

Kitab Marsiyati li Isa ibn Sheikh Fodio  

Publication Date:  1870
Creator:  Usuman dan Fodio, 1754-1817
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Wakristo Hodari  

Publication Date:  1939
Creator:  Bihlmeyer
Beatus Iten
Format:  24 leaves
Technique:  In black type, with corrections in ink and no pagination
Subjects:  Christianity
Catholicism
Saints
Translations
Missionary work
Ukristo
Ukatoliki
Watakatifu
Tafsiri
Kazi ya umisionari
Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) Committee to the East African Dependencies
Catholic Church
Source Institution:  SOAS,University of London

Kadhi na Haramiya  

Publication Date:  1966
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Omar, Yahya Ali
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Flocks of elephants that lay wast whole forrests : a cornfield defended by a she elephant  

Publication Date:  1684
Creator:  Ludolf, Hiob, 1624-1704
John Phillips (1631-1706)
Measurements:  H32.5 x W21 cm
Subjects:  Elephants
តំបន់អាស៊ី -- អាគ្នេយ៍អាស៊ី
Trampling
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Red Sea published in Edinburgh by W & AK Johnston (MCA/01/01/06/74)  

Publication Date:  [1892]
Publisher:  W and AK Johnston
Format:  1 map
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

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