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Six Malagasy Christians now in England waiting at Tamatave to embark for Mauritius  

Creator:  Luke, Jemima, 1813-1906
Format:  1 painting reproduction
Subjects:  Missions -- Madagascar
Christian martyrs -- Madagascar -- History -- 19th century
Persecution -- Madagascar -- History -- 19th century
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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

Landscape at the Suez canal  

Publication Date:  1936
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, Zeiss Ikon film
Subjects:  Europeans
Victoria (passenger ship)
Passenger ships
Arabs
Egypt -- Suez Canal
Suez Canal (Egypt)
مصر -- قناة السويس
قناة السويس (مصر)
أفريقيا -- مصر -- السويس -- السويس -- قناة السويس
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Mélodies malgaches : crecueillies et harmonisées  

Publication Date:  1899
Creator:  Colin, Éllie, 1852-1923, 1852-1923
Publisher:  Mission Catholique
Measurements:  32 cm.
Subjects:  Songs, Malagasy
Music - Madagascar
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

Wakar siga kuwara sai anyi kira  

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

A mu gode sarkin sarauta wahidunatu  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Asma'u, Nana, 1793-1866
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Qawāʿid al-ṣalāt]  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Alhaji Abba Ibn al-Māhir ʿamma (son of Goni Amma) from Lamisulā Yafatori who was the student of Sheikh Goni Kaltumi
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  22 cm.
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Prodigal Son  

Publication Date:  1929
Creator:  Kyalo, son of Ngila, Akamba peoples
Material:  Gouache on paper
Measurements:  H34 x W52.3 cm
Subjects:  Kamba (people)
Kamba (African people)
Afrika -- Kenya -- Ukambani
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift.

Esclave Ethiopianne arrivant au Bazar  

Publication Date:  [1808-1826]
Creator:  Cousinéry, Marcel, 1759-1795
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Watercolors
Subjects:  Women
Ethnic costume
Clothing
Asya -- Türkiye -- Marmara Bölgesi -- İstanbul -- İstanbul
Avrupa -- Türkiye -- Marmara Bölgesi -- İstanbul -- İstanbul
Asia -- Turkey -- Marmara -- Istanbul -- Istanbul
Ethiopians
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l'idiome vulgaire que dans l'idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d'Alger et de Maroc  

Publication Date:  1860
Creator:  Biberstein-Kazimirski, Albert de, 1808-1887
Publisher:  Maisonneuve ( Paris )
Subjects:  Arabic language -- Dictionaries -- French
French language -- Dictionaries -- Arabic
Français - Dictionnaires - arabes
Langue Arabe -- Dictionaires -- français
اللغة الفرنسية - معاجم - اللغة العربية
اللغة العربية - معاجم - الفرنسية
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

Malin Petzell talks about Kagulu  

Publication Date:  2010
Creator:  SOAS Radio
Petzell, Malin
Publisher:  SOAS, University of London ( London )
Format:  1 audio file
Subjects:  Endangered languages
Endangered languages -- Documentation
Kaguru language
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Wakar bakin mari  

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

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