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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 >>	341 Sage of the Gazelle (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 342 Scholar and the centipede (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 343 Sehemu za nyumba za Kiamu (MS 380554d) Creator: Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( Author, Primary ) Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) 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: Vocabulary Lexicography Houses Interior architecture Dwellings Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 344 Shairi (MS 380525a) 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 345 Shairi la Abdallah bin al-Bajuniy (MS 53508b) Creator: Abdalla bin al-Bajiniy ( 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: Swahili poetry Islam Religious belief Legends Religious poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Shairi Takhmis Shayari Language: Swahili 346 Shairi la Abdallah bin Songora (MS 53508a) Creator: bin Songoro, Abdallah ( 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: Swahili poetry Islam Religious belief Legends Religious poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 347 Shairi la Bwana Kheri Linaloeleza Makosa Yake ya Kumchukuza Mtu Duni (MS 380066b) Creator: Bwana Kheri wa Ali ( Author, Primary ) Faraji Bwana Mkuu ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] 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 -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 348 Shairi la Fumo Liongo (MS 380526a) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( 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 Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 349 Shairi la Kifo cha Kamange (PP MS 42. S/34) Creator: Sarahani ( Author, Primary ) Mohamed, Mohamed S., 1943- ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili language -- Dialects Kiswahili mashairi Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Eastern Africa -- Pemba Island Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 350 Shairi la Kilio, na Waadhi, na Shairi la Wanawake Watano (MS 12) 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 Religious belief Swahili litarature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 351 Shairi la Mwana wa Gongwa (MS 53508h) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( 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: Swahili poetry Traditional poetry Oral literature Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 352 Shairi la Washona-Nguo wa Mambasa (MS 47754b) Creator: Ali wa Udi ( Author, Primary ) Abdalla bin Rashid ( contributor ) Mwalimu Sikujua ( 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 Oral literature Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 353 Shamsu Dhahira al-Dhahiya (MS 196884a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious belief Swahili glossary Imani za kidini Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 354 Sheikh Mbarak Ali ya Kisima Yamtwibu (MS 380760a) Creator: Ahmad Basheikh bin Husein ( 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 Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 355 Shipping: Dhow Arrival Figures (MS 53829d) Creator: [s.n.] 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 -- Economic history East Africa -- Economic history Shipping Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 356 Shortened Alphabet for Kiswahili (MS 380540a) Creator: Glover, A.L. ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1963 AD (1383 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Alphabets Writing systems Phonetics Swahili language -- Phonetics Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 357 Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo (MS 53498b) Creator: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1920 AD (circa 1338 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Kiswahili mashairi Liongo Fumo Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Shairi Wimbo Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 358 Sketch of Swahili Grammar and Grammatical Notes (MS 47759d) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) 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 language -- Grammar Linguistics Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 359 Sketches of the mental life of the Suahelis (MS 47759a) Creator: Büttner, C. G. (Carl Gotthilf), 1845-1893 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1893 AD (1311 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 Swahili history Social history Anthropology Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 360 Slavery, Ordinances and Verbal Pact with Somalis (MS 53829l) Creator: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( Author, Primary ) 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: Slavery Abolition of Slavery Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English

341

Sage of the Gazelle (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

342

Scholar and the centipede (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

343

Sehemu za nyumba za Kiamu (MS 380554d)

Creator:: Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( Author, Primary ); Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
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:: Vocabulary; Lexicography; Houses; Interior architecture; Dwellings
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

344

Shairi (MS 380525a)

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

345

Shairi la Abdallah bin al-Bajuniy (MS 53508b)

Creator:: Abdalla bin al-Bajiniy ( 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:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Legends; Religious poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM); Shairi; Takhmis; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

346

Shairi la Abdallah bin Songora (MS 53508a)

Creator:: bin Songoro, Abdallah ( 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:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Legends; Religious poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

347

Shairi la Bwana Kheri Linaloeleza Makosa Yake ya Kumchukuza Mtu Duni (MS 380066b)

Creator:: Bwana Kheri wa Ali ( Author, Primary ); Faraji Bwana Mkuu ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
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 -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

348

Shairi la Fumo Liongo (MS 380526a)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( 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; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

349

Shairi la Kifo cha Kamange (PP MS 42. S/34)

Creator:: Sarahani ( Author, Primary ); Mohamed, Mohamed S., 1943- ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili language -- Dialects; Kiswahili mashairi; Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Eastern Africa -- Pemba Island
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

350

Shairi la Kilio, na Waadhi, na Shairi la Wanawake Watano (MS 12)

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; Religious belief; Swahili litarature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Eastern Africa -- Mafia District -- Mafia Island
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

351

Shairi la Mwana wa Gongwa (MS 53508h)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( 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:: Swahili poetry; Traditional poetry; Oral literature; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

352

Shairi la Washona-Nguo wa Mambasa (MS 47754b)

Creator:: Ali wa Udi ( Author, Primary ); Abdalla bin Rashid ( contributor ); Mwalimu Sikujua ( 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; Oral literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

353

Shamsu Dhahira al-Dhahiya (MS 196884a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious belief; Swahili glossary; Imani za kidini; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

354

Sheikh Mbarak Ali ya Kisima Yamtwibu (MS 380760a)

Creator:: Ahmad Basheikh bin Husein ( 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; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

355

Shipping: Dhow Arrival Figures (MS 53829d)

Creator:: [s.n.]
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 -- Economic history; East Africa -- Economic history; Shipping
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

356

Shortened Alphabet for Kiswahili (MS 380540a)

Creator:: Glover, A.L. ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1963 AD (1383 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Alphabets; Writing systems; Phonetics; Swahili language -- Phonetics
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

357

Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo (MS 53498b)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1920 AD (circa 1338 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Kiswahili mashairi; Liongo Fumo
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Wimbo; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

358

Sketch of Swahili Grammar and Grammatical Notes (MS 47759d)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
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 language -- Grammar; Linguistics; Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

359

Sketches of the mental life of the Suahelis (MS 47759a)

Creator:: Büttner, C. G. (Carl Gotthilf), 1845-1893 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1893 AD (1311 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; Swahili history; Social history; Anthropology
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

360

Slavery, Ordinances and Verbal Pact with Somalis (MS 53829l)

Creator:: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( Author, Primary )
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:: Slavery; Abolition of Slavery; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

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