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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 >>	41 Busaidi rulers of Zanzibar and the Shaykhs of East Africa (PP MS 20-2a) Creator: Abdullah S Farsy ( Author, Primary ) Allen, J. W. T. ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] 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 Arab colonialism Arab conquests Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 42 Chart showing the grammar of the Swahili language (MS 380577a) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1898 AD (1316 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language -- Grammar Linguistics Swahili language Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 43 Cheating blind man (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 44 Child, the man, the mongoose (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 45 Christian prayer in Arabic language (MS 47759f) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Christianity Arabic language Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 46 Classification of African Languages (PP MS 42. GL/7-GL/14) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1964-1970 AD (1384-1390 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 Bibliography Spatial Coverage: Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 47 Collection of Dua, Waadhi, Utenzi ya Arusi ya Fatuma na Ali, Kishamia (MS 393) Creator: Sheikh Yusuf bin Ismaili al-Nabhani ( Author, Primary ) Sayyid Ahmad bin Hasan al-Mahdali ( contributor ) Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( contributor ) Sayyid Amin Al-Mahdaly ( contributor ) Maryam binti Ali bin Abdalla ( 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 -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 48 Collection of Kimai (MS 380059a) Creator: [s.n.] Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Kigunya Kitikuu Kibajuni Vocal music Sea fishing Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 49 Collection of short poems praising the Prophet Mohammed; Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 440) Creator: [s.n.] Yusuf bin Ismail Nabhani ( 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 Religious poetry Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 50 Collection of Swahili Verses (MS 47708a) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1913 AD (1331 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Marriage Oral tradition in literature Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 51 Collection of Wawe (MS 380059d) Creator: [s.n.] Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral tradition in literature Vocal music Agriculture Farmers Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 52 Correspondence (MS 253029b) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1938-1939 AD (1357-1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Africa, East East Africa Kiswahili mashairi Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 53 Correspondence (MS 263325c) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1938-1939 AD (1357-1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Popular poetry Correspondence Letters Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 54 Correspondence (MS 53503d) Creator: Hichens, William, -1945 ( Author, Primary ) Joelson, F. S. (Ferdinand Stephen), 1893- ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1938 AD (1357 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Swahili poetry Correspondence Kiswahili mashairi Letters Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 55 Correspondence (MS 53826b) Creator: bin Khamis, Hussain ( Author, Primary ) Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1885-1887 AD (1302-4 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East East Africa Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 56 Correspondence by Alice Werner (MS 253028c) Creator: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( 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 Kiswahili mashairi Hichens, William, -1944 Mrs Taylor Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 57 Correspondence with Abdulaziz Y. Lodhi (PP MS 20-1g) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Lodhi, Abdulaziz ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1973-1978 AD (1393-1398 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Swahili dictionary Swahili language -- Dictionaries Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Europe -- Sweden -- Uppland Province -- Scandinavia -- Uppsala County -- Uppsala Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) 58 Correspondence with Ali Ahmed (PP MS 20-1f) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Ali Ahmed ( contributor ) Hamisi ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1972-1978 AD (1392-1398 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Nairobi County -- Eastern Africa -- Nairobi Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 59 Correspondence with Father A M Jones (PP MS 20-1h) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Father Jones ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1976 AD (1396 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 60 Correspondence with Jan Knappert (PP MS 20-1k) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Knappert, Jan ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1976-1977 AD (1396-1397 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT)

Busaidi rulers of Zanzibar and the Shaykhs of East Africa (PP MS 20-2a)

Creator:: Abdullah S Farsy ( Author, Primary ); Allen, J. W. T. ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
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; Arab colonialism; Arab conquests
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Chart showing the grammar of the Swahili language (MS 380577a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1898 AD (1316 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language -- Grammar; Linguistics; Swahili language
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Cheating blind man (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

Child, the man, the mongoose (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

Christian prayer in Arabic language (MS 47759f)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Christianity; Arabic language
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

Classification of African Languages (PP MS 42. GL/7-GL/14)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1964-1970 AD (1384-1390 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; Bibliography
Spatial Coverage:: Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Collection of Dua, Waadhi, Utenzi ya Arusi ya Fatuma na Ali, Kishamia (MS 393)

Creator:: Sheikh Yusuf bin Ismaili al-Nabhani ( Author, Primary ); Sayyid Ahmad bin Hasan al-Mahdali ( contributor ); Sayyid Mansab bin Abdirrahman ( contributor ); Sayyid Amin Al-Mahdaly ( contributor ); Maryam binti Ali bin Abdalla ( 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 -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Collection of Kimai (MS 380059a)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Kigunya; Kitikuu; Kibajuni; Vocal music; Sea fishing
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Collection of short poems praising the Prophet Mohammed; Dua ya kuomba Mungu (MS 440)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Yusuf bin Ismail Nabhani ( 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; Religious poetry; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Collection of Swahili Verses (MS 47708a)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1913 AD (1331 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Marriage; Oral tradition in literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Collection of Wawe (MS 380059d)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1967 AD (circa 1387 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral tradition in literature; Vocal music; Agriculture; Farmers; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence (MS 253029b)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1938-1939 AD (1357-1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Africa, East; East Africa; Kiswahili mashairi; Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Correspondence (MS 263325c)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1938-1939 AD (1357-1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Popular poetry; Correspondence; Letters; Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Correspondence (MS 53503d)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1945 ( Author, Primary ); Joelson, F. S. (Ferdinand Stephen), 1893- ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1938 AD (1357 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Swahili poetry; Correspondence; Kiswahili mashairi; Letters
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Correspondence (MS 53826b)

Creator:: bin Khamis, Hussain ( Author, Primary ); Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1885-1887 AD (1302-4 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East; East Africa; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence by Alice Werner (MS 253028c)

Creator:: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( 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; Kiswahili mashairi; Hichens, William, -1944; Mrs Taylor
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Correspondence with Abdulaziz Y. Lodhi (PP MS 20-1g)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ); Lodhi, Abdulaziz ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1973-1978 AD (1393-1398 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Swahili dictionary; Swahili language -- Dictionaries; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- Sweden -- Uppland Province -- Scandinavia -- Uppsala County -- Uppsala
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)

Correspondence with Ali Ahmed (PP MS 20-1f)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ); Ali Ahmed ( contributor ); Hamisi ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1972-1978 AD (1392-1398 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Nairobi County -- Eastern Africa -- Nairobi
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Correspondence with Father A M Jones (PP MS 20-1h)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ); Father Jones ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1976 AD (1396 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Correspondence with Jan Knappert (PP MS 20-1k)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ); Knappert, Jan ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1976-1977 AD (1396-1397 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)

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