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Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 442 ) English ( 125 ) Arabic ( 3 ) German ( 3 ) Kigiryama ( 3 ) Dawida ( 2 ) Ngazidja ( 1 ) Nilamba ( 1 ) english ( 1 ) swahili ( 1 ) Creator [s.n.] ( 169 ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( 43 ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( 41 ) Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( 31 ) Kenya. Education Department ( 22 ) Kenya. Native Affairs Department ( 22 ) Liongo Fumo ( 19 ) Allen, J. W. T. ( 18 ) Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( 16 ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( 15 ) Show More >> Publisher Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( 31 ) East African Standard Ltd ( 22 ) Swift Press ( 22 ) SOAS University of London ( 2 ) W. Spemann ( 2 ) Cambridge University Press ( 1 ) Government printer ( 1 ) Kegan, Trench, Trubner ( 1 ) Makanisa ya Kilutheri ya Tanganyika ( 1 ) Press of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 341 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 302 ) Islam ( 214 ) Uislamu ( 198 ) Religious belief ( 159 ) Faith ( 145 ) Imani za kidini ( 145 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 91 ) Prophet Mohammed ( 91 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 78 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 503 ) Swahili Coast ( 217 ) Kenya ( 186 ) Tanzania ( 68 ) Lamu ( 61 ) Mombasa ( 60 ) Lamu Island ( 52 ) Pate Island ( 46 ) Asia ( 41 ) Saudi Arabia ( 37 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poem ( 233 ) Poetry ( 229 ) Utenzi ( 123 ) Shairi ( 86 ) Shayari ( 84 ) Essays ( 79 ) Translation ( 51 ) Correspondence ( 50 ) Personal correspondence ( 50 ) Letter ( 49 ) Show More >>	301 Nyuradi za usiku ya Ramadhan (MS 361) Creator: Muhammad bin Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Muhammad bin Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious belief Religous practices Uislamu Faith Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Language: Swahili 302 Ogyek, Tigania, and Tharaka peoples-Reports (PP MS 42. SL/11-SL/13) Creator: Blackburn, Roderic H. ( Author, Primary ) Mahner, Jurg ( contributor ) Lowenthal, Richard, 1944- ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1970-1971 AD (1390-1391 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Anthropology Sociology Ethnography Ethnology Okiek (African people) Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Meru County -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 303 On Mitepe and Their Owners (MS 53829e) Creator: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1926 ( Author, Primary ) Sullivan, A. W. ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Shipping Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 304 Oral history and Swahili as a National language (PP MS 42. S/49-S/51) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1960 AD (circa 1380 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Genealogy Oral tradition in literature Swahili language Nationalism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 305 Papers of Alice Werner (MS 380393) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Afrika -- Afrika Mashariki -- Kiswahili Pwani Language: English 306 Pate and the Portuguese colonisation-15th/16th century (MS 53507c) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Chronicles Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 307 Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (MS 53489a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Erythraean Sea Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 308 Pilgrim and his money (MS 193290) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: English 309 Poem condemning Christian beliefs (MS 428) Creator: Khalifa ( Author, Primary ) Khalifa ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Christianity Religious belief Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 310 Poems (MS 4) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 311 Poems and Songs (MS 47755b) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ) Bwana Malenga al-Kilify ( contributor ) Ali Nasir, Sayyid Abdallah, fl. 1750 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Songs Oral literature Swahili Literature Legends Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 312 Poems by Ahmad Nassir and Others (MS 380528a) Creator: Nassir, Ahmad ( Author, Primary ) Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1952-1969 AD (circa 1371-1389 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 313 Poems by Aziz bin Abdallah (MS 380446a) Creator: Aziz bin Abdallah ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1962-1972 AD (1382-1392 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 314 Poems from Pemba. Utendi wa Miqdadi na Mayasa and Shairi la Nyuki (PP MS 42. S/23-S/27) Creator: Lambert, H. E. ( Author, Primary ) Mohamed bin Khamis Mugheri ( contributor ) Salim Mbaruk Mauly ( contributor ) bin Ali el Mendhari, Salim, Sheikh ( contributor ) Mayasa binti Nassor Riyami ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1958-1964 AD (1378-1384 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili language -- Dialects Correspondence Islam Legends Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Eastern Africa -- Pemba Island Genre: Shairi Shayari Language: Swahili 315 Poems in Arabic praising the Prophet (MS 330) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Religious belief Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari 316 Poems in KiMvita, KiPemba, KiAmu, KiUnguja, and KiMrima (PP MS 42. S/20-S/22) Creator: Mohamed bin Nasoro Bahari ( Author, Primary ) Juma Yakuti Mwindi ya Konde ( contributor ) bin Ali Mazrui, Suleiman ( contributor ) Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910 ( contributor ) Salim Ali, Sheik ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1935-1954 AD (1354-1373 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Swahili language -- Dialects Linguistics Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Shairi Shayari 317 Poems in Swahili (MS 380521a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 318 Poems praising the Prophet and Poems celebrating the death of Shariff Adnan of Lamu (MS 435) Creator: Khatibu Abubakar ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Religious belief Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 319 Poems to Taylor (MS 47754d) Creator: Hussein bin Kahmis ( Author, Primary ) Mohammed al-Mambasy ( contributor ) Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ) Bin Kahmis, Hussein ( contributor ) al-Mambasy, Mohammed ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Correspondence Kiswahili mashairi Letters Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 320 Poetic fragments (MS 380554c) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1951 AD (circa 1371 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili

301

Nyuradi za usiku ya Ramadhan (MS 361)

Creator:: Muhammad bin Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Muhammad bin Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious belief; Religous practices; Uislamu; Faith
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: Swahili

302

Ogyek, Tigania, and Tharaka peoples-Reports (PP MS 42. SL/11-SL/13)

Creator:: Blackburn, Roderic H. ( Author, Primary ); Mahner, Jurg ( contributor ); Lowenthal, Richard, 1944- ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1970-1971 AD (1390-1391 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Anthropology; Sociology; Ethnography; Ethnology; Okiek (African people)
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Meru County -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

303

On Mitepe and Their Owners (MS 53829e)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1926 ( Author, Primary ); Sullivan, A. W. ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Shipping
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

304

Oral history and Swahili as a National language (PP MS 42. S/49-S/51)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ); Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1960 AD (circa 1380 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Genealogy; Oral tradition in literature; Swahili language; Nationalism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

305

Papers of Alice Werner (MS 380393)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast; Afrika -- Afrika Mashariki -- Kiswahili Pwani
Language:: English

306

Pate and the Portuguese colonisation-15th/16th century (MS 53507c)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Chronicles; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

307

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (MS 53489a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Erythraean Sea
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

308

Pilgrim and his money (MS 193290)

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: English

309

Poem condemning Christian beliefs (MS 428)

Creator:: Khalifa ( Author, Primary ); Khalifa ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Christianity; Religious belief; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

310

Poems (MS 4)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

311

Poems and Songs (MS 47755b)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ); Bwana Malenga al-Kilify ( contributor ); Ali Nasir, Sayyid Abdallah, fl. 1750 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Songs; Oral literature; Swahili Literature; Legends
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

312

Poems by Ahmad Nassir and Others (MS 380528a)

Creator:: Nassir, Ahmad ( Author, Primary ); Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1952-1969 AD (circa 1371-1389 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

313

Poems by Aziz bin Abdallah (MS 380446a)

Creator:: Aziz bin Abdallah ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1962-1972 AD (1382-1392 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

314

Poems from Pemba. Utendi wa Miqdadi na Mayasa and Shairi la Nyuki (PP MS 42. S/23-S/27)

Creator:: Lambert, H. E. ( Author, Primary ); Mohamed bin Khamis Mugheri ( contributor ); Salim Mbaruk Mauly ( contributor ); bin Ali el Mendhari, Salim, Sheikh ( contributor ); Mayasa binti Nassor Riyami ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1958-1964 AD (1378-1384 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili language -- Dialects; Correspondence; Islam; Legends
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Eastern Africa -- Pemba Island
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

315

Poems in Arabic praising the Prophet (MS 330)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari

316

Poems in KiMvita, KiPemba, KiAmu, KiUnguja, and KiMrima (PP MS 42. S/20-S/22)

Creator:: Mohamed bin Nasoro Bahari ( Author, Primary ); Juma Yakuti Mwindi ya Konde ( contributor ); bin Ali Mazrui, Suleiman ( contributor ); Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910 ( contributor ); Salim Ali, Sheik ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1935-1954 AD (1354-1373 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Swahili language -- Dialects; Linguistics; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari

317

Poems in Swahili (MS 380521a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

318

Poems praising the Prophet and Poems celebrating the death of Shariff Adnan of Lamu (MS 435)

Creator:: Khatibu Abubakar ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

319

Poems to Taylor (MS 47754d)

Creator:: Hussein bin Kahmis ( Author, Primary ); Mohammed al-Mambasy ( contributor ); Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ); Bin Kahmis, Hussein ( contributor ); al-Mambasy, Mohammed ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Correspondence; Kiswahili mashairi; Letters
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

320

Poetic fragments (MS 380554c)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1951 AD (circa 1371 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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