SOAS - Swahili Manuscripts Collections

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Hamziyya : (MS 53823 and MS 380931)

Hamziyya : (MS 53823 and MS 380931)

Creator:: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?; Athman bin Al-Kadhi ( contributor ); ،البوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد 1213?-1296? ( contributor ); Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1652
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Kijuma, Muhammad; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara -- Siu; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island; Africa -- Somalia -- Bajuni Islands
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona

Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona

Creator:: Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860, 1810-1860
Publication Date:: 1858
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Gender roles; Marriage; Religious belief
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Shela -- Pate Island; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu
Genre:: Poetry (Utenzi); Utenzi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

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Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona : Selected Text with Audio (MS 34882a)

Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona : Selected Text with Audio (MS 34882a)

Creator:: Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860, 1810-1860
Publication Date:: 1858
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Gender roles; Marriage; Religious belief
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Shela -- Pate Island; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

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Suaheli-schriftstücke in arabischer schrift, mit lateinischer schrift umschrieben übersetzt und erklärt

Suaheli-schriftstücke in arabischer schrift, mit lateinischer schrift umschrieben übersetzt und erklärt

Creator:: Büttner, C. G. (Carl Gotthilf), 1845-1893 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1892
Publisher:: W. Spemann ( Stuttgart, Berlin )
Type:: Book
Format:: xi, 206, 73 pages xi facsimile (3 folded)
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Textbooks
Spatial Coverage:: Africa
Genre:: Textbooks
Language:: German; Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili

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Msimulizi

Creator:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Publication Date:: 1896
Publisher:: Universities' Mission to Central Africa ( Zanzibar )
Type:: serial
Format:: vol.
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Zanzibar -- Periodicals; Tanzania -- Periodicals; Universities' Mission to Central Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Zanzibar City; Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Mjini Magharibi -- Zanzibar City; Afrika -- Zanzibar (Sultanate) -- Jiji la Zanzibar; Afrika -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Jiji la Zanzibar; أفريقيا -- زنجبار (سلطنة) -- مدينة زنجبار
Genre:: serial (sobekcm)
Language:: Swahili