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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 >>	421 Three honest men (MS 193290) : Usalihi from a Syrian source 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 422 Tippu Tip (PP MS 42. S/38) Creator: Tippu Tip, 1837-1905 ( Author, Primary ) Gray, Richard, 1929-2005 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1957 AD (1377 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 Central Africa -- History Slavery Slave trade Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 423 Trade in Lamu (MS 53829f) Creator: Rutter, Eldon, 1894-approximately 1956? ( Author, Primary ) Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( 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 Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 424 Trade Unions and Economic Development-Press cuttings and papers (PP MS 42. SL/23-SL/24) Publication Date: 1961, 1966 AD (1381, 1386 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Trade unions Swahili language Economic development Railways Railroads Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 425 Translation of Poems (MS 53826c) 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 Kiswahili mashairi Liongo Fumo Fumo Liyongo Sh. Muhammad bin Abubakar Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Translation Language: English 426 Translation of Utenzi wa Kadhi Kasim bin Jaafari (MS 380529c) Creator: Knappert, Jan ( 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 -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Translation 427 Turkish tale (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 428 Twayyibu Asmaa (MS 366) 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 Uislamu Faith Imani za kidini Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 429 Two lizards in the log (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 430 Two Religious Tendi (MS 311) 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 Religious war Christianity Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Tabuk Province -- Arabian Peninsula -- Tabuk Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 431 Two Religious Tendi-untitled and Kisa cha Watu wa Lamu (MS 308) 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 -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 432 Uchafu Wenye Jina: Fumanizi za Maneno (MS 380524a) Creator: Abdulla, Muhammed Said, 1918-1991 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Popular literature Bwana Msa Najum Spatial Coverage: Arica -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar Island Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Fiction Language: Swahili 433 Uchafu Wenye Jina: Fumanizi za Maneno (MS 380533a) Creator: Abdulla, Muhammed Said, 1918-1991 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Popular literature Bwana Msa Najum Spatial Coverage: Arica -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar Island Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Fiction Language: Swahili 434 Ujamaa (wa Kiafrika) (MS 380523a) Creator: Mtunwa, M.K. ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Politics and government Political systems Decolonization Self government Socialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 435 Untitled poem (MS 452) 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 Gender relations Genders -- Relations Man-woman relationships Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 436 Untitled poem (MS 454) 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 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 437 Ustaarabu na Maendeleo ya Mwafrika (MS 380536a) Creator: Kombo, Salum Mohamed ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1947 AD (1366 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Cultural interactions Social interaction Cross-cultural orientation Nation-building National identity Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 438 Utendi wa Aisha (MS 316a) 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 Islamic Law Marriage Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Makkah Province -- Arabian Peninsula -- Makkah Al Mukarramah Governate -- Mecca Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 439 Utendi wa Aisha; Kishamia; Hadithi ya Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 450) Creator: Mwenye Mansab ( Author, Primary ) Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( 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 Religious poetry Islam Religious belief Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 440 Utendi wa Arusi ya Fatuma na Ali and Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 331) Creator: Sayyid Ahmad bin Hasan al-Mahdaliy ( Author, Primary ) Amina binti Said Amin ( contributor ) Sheikh Yusuf bin Ismail al-Nabahani ( contributor ) Jaylani bin Uthmani al-Amudy ( 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 belief Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili

421

Three honest men (MS 193290) : Usalihi from a Syrian source

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

422

Tippu Tip (PP MS 42. S/38)

Creator:: Tippu Tip, 1837-1905 ( Author, Primary ); Gray, Richard, 1929-2005 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1957 AD (1377 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; Central Africa -- History; Slavery; Slave trade
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

423

Trade in Lamu (MS 53829f)

Creator:: Rutter, Eldon, 1894-approximately 1956? ( Author, Primary ); Isaac, F.W., fl. 1920 ( 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; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

424

Trade Unions and Economic Development-Press cuttings and papers (PP MS 42. SL/23-SL/24)

Publication Date:: 1961, 1966 AD (1381, 1386 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Trade unions; Swahili language; Economic development; Railways; Railroads
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

425

Translation of Poems (MS 53826c)

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; Kiswahili mashairi; Liongo Fumo; Fumo Liyongo; Sh. Muhammad bin Abubakar
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari; Translation
Language:: English

426

Translation of Utenzi wa Kadhi Kasim bin Jaafari (MS 380529c)

Creator:: Knappert, Jan ( 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 -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT); Translation

427

Turkish tale (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

428

Twayyibu Asmaa (MS 366)

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; Uislamu; Faith; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

429

Two lizards in the log (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

430

Two Religious Tendi (MS 311)

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; Religious war; Christianity
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Tabuk Province -- Arabian Peninsula -- Tabuk
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

431

Two Religious Tendi-untitled and Kisa cha Watu wa Lamu (MS 308)

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 -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

432

Uchafu Wenye Jina: Fumanizi za Maneno (MS 380524a)

Creator:: Abdulla, Muhammed Said, 1918-1991 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Popular literature; Bwana Msa; Najum
Spatial Coverage:: Arica -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar Island
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM); Fiction
Language:: Swahili

433

Uchafu Wenye Jina: Fumanizi za Maneno (MS 380533a)

Creator:: Abdulla, Muhammed Said, 1918-1991 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Popular literature; Bwana Msa; Najum
Spatial Coverage:: Arica -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar Island
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM); Fiction
Language:: Swahili

434

Ujamaa (wa Kiafrika) (MS 380523a)

Creator:: Mtunwa, M.K. ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Politics and government; Political systems; Decolonization; Self government; Socialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

435

Untitled poem (MS 452)

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; Gender relations; Genders -- Relations; Man-woman relationships; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

436

Untitled poem (MS 454)

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
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

437

Ustaarabu na Maendeleo ya Mwafrika (MS 380536a)

Creator:: Kombo, Salum Mohamed ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1947 AD (1366 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Cultural interactions; Social interaction; Cross-cultural orientation; Nation-building; National identity
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

438

Utendi wa Aisha (MS 316a)

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; Islamic Law; Marriage
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Makkah Province -- Arabian Peninsula -- Makkah Al Mukarramah Governate -- Mecca
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

439

Utendi wa Aisha; Kishamia; Hadithi ya Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 450)

Creator:: Mwenye Mansab ( Author, Primary ); Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( 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; Religious poetry; Islam; Religious belief
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

440

Utendi wa Arusi ya Fatuma na Ali and Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 331)

Creator:: Sayyid Ahmad bin Hasan al-Mahdaliy ( Author, Primary ); Amina binti Said Amin ( contributor ); Sheikh Yusuf bin Ismail al-Nabahani ( contributor ); Jaylani bin Uthmani al-Amudy ( 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 belief; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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