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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 >>	321 Political material-Papers (PP MS 42. SL/25-SL/30) Creator: Diagne, Pathé ( Author, Primary ) Svendsen, Knud Erik ( contributor ) Bunger, Robert Louis ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1967-1970 AD (1387-1390 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa -- Politics, Practical Africa -- Political science East Africa -- Politics, Practical Africa, East -- Politics, Practical Africa, East -- Political science Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 322 Poor man and his rich friend (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 323 Prayer in KiNyika (MS 47759b) Creator: [s.n.] George David ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1870 AD (1287 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Religious belief Religious poetry Imani za kidini Mijikenda (Nine Tribes) Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Language: Swahili 324 Prayer to God (MS 420) Creator: Said Ahmad ( Author, Primary ) Said Ahmad ( 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 Religious practice Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (lctgm) Language: Swahili 325 President’s Speech and book review (PP MS 42. S/43-S/44) Creator: Bush, Kim ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1965 AD (1385 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Tanzanian politics Book reviews Swahili Literature Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 326 Press Cuttings: Whiteley Obituary (PP MS 42. P/11) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1972 AD (1392 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Obituaries Swahili language Bantu languages Linguistics Whiteley, Wilfred Howell Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 327 Profilo Storico del Kiswahili (MS 380539a) Creator: Crapanzano, Andrea Oscar ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language History Decolonization Nation-building Periodicals Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 328 Purgatori au Tohara (MS 380535a) Creator: Hosbach, Wilhelm, -1942 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Christianity Protestantism Religious belief Religious practice Missionary work Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Kagera Region -- Bukoba Urban District -- Bukoba Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 329 Qala Liyongo na Mashairi ya Muyaka (MS 47754a) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor ) Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1936 AD (1355 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Popular poetry Oral literature Oral history Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 330 Qala Shairi (MS 53508i) 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: Swahili poetry Traditional poetry Oral literature Kiswahili mashairi Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 331 Qasida (MS 380526b) 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 Religious poetry Islam Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 332 Qasida (MS 53496b) Creator: Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1889 AD (1306 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Religious poetry Religious belief Islam Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 333 Qur-atu-l-anbiyai and Dua (MS 340) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Religious practice Traditional Medicine Swahili poetry Islam Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 334 Religious poems and historical information about Mombasa (MS 47754e) Creator: [s.n.] Abdalla bin Rashid ( contributor ) Bin Abdallah bin Rashid al-Mazrui, Khalfan ( contributor ) Bin Salim bin Suleiman, Ayud ( contributor ) Musa, Maalim ( 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 Swahili Literature Islam Religious poetry Religious belief Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 335 Religious Utendi (MS 310) 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 Swahili history Africa, East -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 336 Religious Utendi (MS 322) Creator: Ahmad bin Salmin ( Author, Primary ) Ahmad bin Salmin ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Religious belief Islam Uislamu LCSH Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 337 Religious Utendi-Waadhi (MS 47759e) Creator: Sayyid Ahamadi bin Abubakar al Husseniy ( Author, Primary ) Sayyid Ahamadi bin Abubakar al Husseniy ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1896 AD (1313 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Religious poetry Religious belief Islam Koran Qur'an Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 338 Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 305d) 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 Oral history Oral literature Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa -- Fort Jesus Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 339 Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 317b) 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 Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Arab colonialism Oral history Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Eastern Africa -- Siu District Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 340 Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 374) 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 Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Arab colonialism Oral history Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Eastern Africa -- Siu District Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili

321

Political material-Papers (PP MS 42. SL/25-SL/30)

Creator:: Diagne, Pathé ( Author, Primary ); Svendsen, Knud Erik ( contributor ); Bunger, Robert Louis ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1967-1970 AD (1387-1390 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa -- Politics, Practical; Africa -- Political science; East Africa -- Politics, Practical; Africa, East -- Politics, Practical; Africa, East -- Political science
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

322

Poor man and his rich friend (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

323

Prayer in KiNyika (MS 47759b)

Creator:: [s.n.]; George David ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1870 AD (1287 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Religious belief; Religious poetry; Imani za kidini; Mijikenda (Nine Tribes)
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: Swahili

324

Prayer to God (MS 420)

Creator:: Said Ahmad ( Author, Primary ); Said Ahmad ( 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; Religious practice; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (lctgm)
Language:: Swahili

325

President’s Speech and book review (PP MS 42. S/43-S/44)

Creator:: Bush, Kim ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1965 AD (1385 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Tanzanian politics; Book reviews; Swahili Literature; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

326

Press Cuttings: Whiteley Obituary (PP MS 42. P/11)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1972 AD (1392 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Obituaries; Swahili language; Bantu languages; Linguistics; Whiteley, Wilfred Howell
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

327

Profilo Storico del Kiswahili (MS 380539a)

Creator:: Crapanzano, Andrea Oscar ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; History; Decolonization; Nation-building; Periodicals
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

328

Purgatori au Tohara (MS 380535a)

Creator:: Hosbach, Wilhelm, -1942 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Christianity; Protestantism; Religious belief; Religious practice; Missionary work
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Kagera Region -- Bukoba Urban District -- Bukoba
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

329

Qala Liyongo na Mashairi ya Muyaka (MS 47754a)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ); Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor ); Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1936 AD (1355 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Popular poetry; Oral literature; Oral history
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

330

Qala Shairi (MS 53508i)

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:: Swahili poetry; Traditional poetry; Oral literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

331

Qasida (MS 380526b)

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; Religious poetry; Islam; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

332

Qasida (MS 53496b)

Creator:: Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1889 AD (1306 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Religious poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

333

Qur-atu-l-anbiyai and Dua (MS 340)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Religious practice; Traditional Medicine; Swahili poetry; Islam; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

334

Religious poems and historical information about Mombasa (MS 47754e)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Abdalla bin Rashid ( contributor ); Bin Abdallah bin Rashid al-Mazrui, Khalfan ( contributor ); Bin Salim bin Suleiman, Ayud ( contributor ); Musa, Maalim ( 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; Swahili Literature; Islam; Religious poetry; Religious belief
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

335

Religious Utendi (MS 310)

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; Swahili history; Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

336

Religious Utendi (MS 322)

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

337

Religious Utendi-Waadhi (MS 47759e)

Creator:: Sayyid Ahamadi bin Abubakar al Husseniy ( Author, Primary ); Sayyid Ahamadi bin Abubakar al Husseniy ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1896 AD (1313 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Religious poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Koran; Qur'an
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

338

Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 305d)

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; Oral history; Oral literature; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa -- Fort Jesus
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

339

Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 317b)

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; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Arab colonialism; Oral history
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Eastern Africa -- Siu District
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

340

Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 374)

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; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Arab colonialism; Oral history
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Eastern Africa -- Siu District
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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