SOAS - Swahili Manuscripts Collections

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 >>	21 Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443) Creator: Mohammed bin Malik Attwayi ( Author, Primary ) Sheikh Muhammad bin Said al-Busiry ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Arabic language -- Grammar Islam Religious poetry Religious belief Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) 22 Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312) Creator: Sheikh Mohammed bin Malik Atwaii ( 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 Arabic language -- Grammar Linguistics Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 23 Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448) Creator: Al-Habib Abdalla ibn Husayn ( Author, Primary ) Sayyid Abdurrahman ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Arabic poetry Islam Religious belief Sufism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 24 Arabic prayer and Life of Proophet Mohammed (MS 416; MS 279888-Vol.10) 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 Islamic prayer Prayer -- Islam Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula Language: Swahili 25 Arrisalatu-l-Jamia (MS 444) Creator: Sheikh Muhammad bin Ali l-Bashiry ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islamic teaching Uislamu Islam Religious practice Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Translation Language: Swahili 26 Art and Literature: miscellaneous papers (PP MS 42. AL/1-AL/10) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1937-1968 AD (1356-1388 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: African languages -- Study and teaching African literaures Oral literature Oral history Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 27 Ascension to the Shaggan rule (MS 205000c) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Language: Swahili 28 Bantu language: miscellaneous languages (PP MS 42. L/1-L/51) Creator: Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1950s-1960s AD (circa 1369s-1380s A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Bantu languages Linguistics Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 29 Bantu Languages: miscellaneous papers (PP MS 42. GL/1-GL/6) Creator: Doke, Clement M. (Clement Martyn), 1893-1980 ( Author, Primary ) Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( contributor ) Meeussen, A. E. ( contributor ) Givón, Talmy, 1936- ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943-1970 AD (1362-1390 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Bantu languages Linguistics Language classification Comparative linguistics Language and languages--Classification Spatial Coverage: Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 30 Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210010b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Format: 11 f. Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Legends Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 31 Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210011b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Legends Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 32 Barua (MS 53489h) Creator: [s.n.] 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 language Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 Ahmad bin Muhammed Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 33 Bibliographies (PP MS 42. SL/1-SL/4) Creator: Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary ) Evans-Pritchard, E.E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1953-1964 AD (1372-1384 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Bibliography Anthropology Ethnography Ethnology Languages and cultures Spatial Coverage: Africa Language: English 34 Bibliography (MS 53503a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1953 ( 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 Literature Swahili poetry Bibliography Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Language: English 35 Biographical information about Mwana Kupona and Bwana Mataka (MS 53508c) Creator: Muhammed bin Abdalla ( 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 Questionnaires Biography Kiswahili mashairi Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 36 Biography of Poets (MS 196884b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Biography Literary history Kiswahili mashairi Sayyid Mansab bin Abdurrahman Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) 37 Bird was flying along (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 38 The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England : together with the psalter or psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons Creator: Church of England ( Author, Corporate ) Publication Date: 1907 Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Type: Book Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language Book of common prayer (Church of England) Africa -- Tanzania Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya Language: Swahili English 39 Brief History of Tanaland (MS 53829p) Creator: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1928 ( 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: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Colonialism Politics and government Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanaland Protectorate -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 40 Britain-Tanzania Society (PP MS 20-5b) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1974-1977 AD (1394-1397 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language Swahili Arabic script Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Tanzania -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT)

Arabic grammar and Kasida ya Burda (MS 443)

Creator:: Mohammed bin Malik Attwayi ( Author, Primary ); Sheikh Muhammad bin Said al-Busiry ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Arabic language -- Grammar; Islam; Religious poetry; Religious belief; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)

Arabic Grammar and Maulidi (MS 312)

Creator:: Sheikh Mohammed bin Malik Atwaii ( 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; Arabic language -- Grammar; Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Arabic poems; Swahili poem praising the Prophet (MS 448)

Creator:: Al-Habib Abdalla ibn Husayn ( Author, Primary ); Sayyid Abdurrahman ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Arabic poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Sufism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Arabic prayer and Life of Proophet Mohammed (MS 416; MS 279888-Vol.10)

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; Islamic prayer; Prayer -- Islam; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Language:: Swahili

Arrisalatu-l-Jamia (MS 444)

Creator:: Sheikh Muhammad bin Ali l-Bashiry ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islamic teaching; Uislamu; Islam; Religious practice; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT); Translation
Language:: Swahili

Art and Literature: miscellaneous papers (PP MS 42. AL/1-AL/10)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1937-1968 AD (1356-1388 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: African languages -- Study and teaching; African literaures; Oral literature; Oral history; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

Ascension to the Shaggan rule (MS 205000c)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Language:: Swahili

Bantu language: miscellaneous languages (PP MS 42. L/1-L/51)

Creator:: Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1950s-1960s AD (circa 1369s-1380s A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Bantu languages; Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

Bantu Languages: miscellaneous papers (PP MS 42. GL/1-GL/6)

Creator:: Doke, Clement M. (Clement Martyn), 1893-1980 ( Author, Primary ); Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( contributor ); Meeussen, A. E. ( contributor ); Givón, Talmy, 1936- ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943-1970 AD (1362-1390 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Bantu languages; Linguistics; Language classification; Comparative linguistics; Language and languages--Classification
Spatial Coverage:: Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210010b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Format:: 11 f.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Legends; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Barasisi: The Legend (MS 210011b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1935 AD (circa 1354 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Legends; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Barua (MS 53489h)

Creator:: [s.n.]
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 language; Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927; Ahmad bin Muhammed
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Bibliographies (PP MS 42. SL/1-SL/4)

Creator:: Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary ); Evans-Pritchard, E.E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1953-1964 AD (1372-1384 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Bibliography; Anthropology; Ethnography; Ethnology; Languages and cultures
Spatial Coverage:: Africa
Language:: English

Bibliography (MS 53503a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1953 ( 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 Literature; Swahili poetry; Bibliography; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: English

Biographical information about Mwana Kupona and Bwana Mataka (MS 53508c)

Creator:: Muhammed bin Abdalla ( 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; Questionnaires; Biography; Kiswahili mashairi; Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Biography of Poets (MS 196884b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Biography; Literary history; Kiswahili mashairi; Sayyid Mansab bin Abdurrahman
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)

Bird was flying along (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

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England : together with the psalter or psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons

Creator:: Church of England ( Author, Corporate )
Publication Date:: 1907
Publisher:: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Type:: Book
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Book of common prayer (Church of England); Africa -- Tanzania
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya
Language:: Swahili; English

Brief History of Tanaland (MS 53829p)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1928 ( 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:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Colonialism; Politics and government; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanaland Protectorate -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Britain-Tanzania Society (PP MS 20-5b)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1974-1977 AD (1394-1397 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Swahili Arabic script; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Tanzania -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

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