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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

Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona  

Publication Date:  1858
Creator:  Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Gender roles
Marriage
Religious belief
Religious practice
Social structure
Women's education
Mwana Heshima binti Sheikh
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Maudhua (MS 380557a)  

Creator:  [S.n.]
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : In black and blue ink on ruled paper, with stanzas numbered in blue. The ink is faint in places
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Religious practice
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Mazoezi ya kidini
Faith
Islam -- Customs and practices
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Maudhua (MS 380557a)  

Creator:  [S.n.]
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : In black and blue ink on ruled paper, with stanzas numbered in blue. The ink is faint in places
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Religious practice
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Mazoezi ya kidini
Faith
Islam -- Customs and practices
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 380766a)  

Publication Date:  1948
Creator:  Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Source Institution:  SOAS, University 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

Habari  

Publication Date:  1922-1931
Creator:  Kenya. Education Department
Kenya. Native Affairs Department
Publisher:  Swift Press ( Nairobi )
Format:  vol.
Subjects:  Kenya -- History -- 1895-1963
Kenya -- Periodicals
Kenya. Native Affairs Department
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

Mombasa Chronicle (MS 373394)  

Publication Date:  1899 (1317 AH)
Creator:  Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi
Format:  Six leaves contained in a hardback folder
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript; Six loose pages contained in a hardback red folder; handwritten with black ink; the central part of most pages is unreadable
Subjects:  Business
Commerce
Warfare
Colonialism
Trade
Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar, approximately 1834-1888
Sayyid Barghash
Abdalla bin Nassir al-Mazrui
Abdullah bin Nasser al-Mazrui
Jumadari Chota
Shehe Mvita
Mvita, Shehe
Bwana Shoka
Imam Qaydi al-Ardh
Qaydi al Ardh
al Ardh, Qaydi, Imam
Wagalla (Kenya)
Abdalla bin Hemedi
Sayyid Said
Hamed al Busaidi
al Busaidi, Hamed
Saʻīd bin Sulṭān, Sultan of Zanzibar, 1791-1856
Said bin Sultan
Sayyid Majid
Majid bin Said Al-Busaidi, 1834-1870
Imperialism
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210010b)  

Publication Date:  circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Creator:  Hichens, William, -1944
Format:  11 f.
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Typescript manuscript : In black type
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
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

Hamziyya  

Publication Date:  1652
Creator:  Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Muhammad Kijumwa
Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman
Athman bin Al-Kadhi
،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296?
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H22.6 x W16
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kijuma, Muhammad
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kishamia  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Mansab, Mwenye
Badawi, Ahmad Ahmad
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Religious practice
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

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  • William Hichens Collection at SOAS University of LondonWilliam Hichens Collection William Hichens Collection
  • Jan Knappert Collection at SOAS University of LondonJan Knappert Collection Jan Knappert Collection
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  • W. E. Taylor Collection at SOAS University of LondonW. E. Taylor Collection W. E. Taylor Collection
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