SOAS Search Results - Swahili Manuscripts Collections

Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 45 ) English ( 8 ) Dawida ( 2 ) Arabic ( 1 ) Kigiryama ( 1 ) Creator Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( 10 ) [s.n.] ( 10 ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( 6 ) Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( 6 ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( 5 ) Sikujua, Mwalimu ( 5 ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( 4 ) Nassir, Ahmad ( 4 ) Abdalla bin Rashid ( 2 ) Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik ( 2 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 40 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 35 ) Africa, East ( 17 ) East Africa ( 17 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 14 ) Africa, East -- History ( 13 ) East Africa -- History ( 13 ) Swahili Literature ( 11 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 10 ) Christianity ( 8 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 60 ) Kenya ( 60 ) Mombasa ( 60 ) Asia ( 1 ) Distrito de Lisboa ( 1 ) Europa ( 1 ) Europe ( 1 ) Kilifi ( 1 ) Kilifi County ( 1 ) Kilwa District ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poem ( 21 ) Poetry ( 20 ) Correspondence ( 19 ) Letter ( 19 ) Personal correspondence ( 19 ) Shairi ( 17 ) Shayari ( 17 ) Translation ( 7 ) Essays ( 5 ) Nyimbo ( 3 ) Show More >>	1 Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy : Selected Text with Audio Creator: Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik Publication Date: 1948 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Swahili poetry Religious beliefs Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi (poetic form) Language: Swahili 2 Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 380766a) Creator: Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik Publication Date: 1948 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Swahili poetry Religious beliefs Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa -- Mombasa Genre: Poetry (Shairi) Shairi (poetic form) Language: Swahili 3 Mombasa Chronicle (MS 373394) Creator: Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Author, Primary ) Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Calligrapher ) Publication Date: 1899 (1317 AH) Type: Mixed Material Format: Six leaves contained in a hardback folder Source Institution: SOAS, Univerity of London Holding Location: \|Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Colonialism Trade Warfare Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar, approximately 1834-1888 Sayyid Barghash Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Oman -- Muscat Governate -- Muscat آسيا -- عمان -- محافظة مسقط -- مسقط Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu Africa -- Kenya -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Chronicles Oral History Language: Swahili 4 Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 305d) 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 Oral history Oral literature Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa -- Fort Jesus Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 5 Correspondence with Sh. Nabhany (PP MS 20-1b) Creator: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ) Nabhany, Ahmed Sheikh, 1927- ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1969-1978 AD (1389-1398 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Publications Kiswahili mashairi Publishers and publishing Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) 6 Utenzi wa Al-Akida (MS 196884c) Creator: Abdallah bin Mas’ud ( 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 history Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 7 Marriage Customs: A Swahili Account in 1880 (MS 210014a) Creator: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1940 AD (circa 1359 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Marriage Pregnancy Birth Customs and traditions Manners and customs Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 8 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 9 Al-Akida: the life history of Muhammad bin Abdallah bin Mbarak Bakhashweini with . . . (MS 210009a) Creator: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ) Abdallah bin Mas’ud bin Salim al-Mazrui ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1940 AD (1359 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 poetry Kiswahili mashairi Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa 10 Correspondence with Mbarak Ali Hinawy (MS 253028i) Creator: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Swahili poetry Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 11 Correspondence with M.A. Hinawy (MS 253028b) Creator: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1933-34 AD (1352-53 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Swahili poetry Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 12 Correspondence-Miscellaneous (MS 253028h) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1936-38 AD (1355-57 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Swahili poetry Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 13 Correspondence-miscellaneous (MS 253028d) Creator: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1935 AD (1354 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Swahili poetry Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) 14 Correspondence with M.A. Hinawy (MS 253028f) Creator: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1936 AD (1355 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 Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 15 Khabari za Maisha na Matendo ya Bwana Muyaka (MS 263325a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Popular poetry Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Shairi Shayari Language: Swahili 16 Mashairi ya Muyaka (MS 263325b) Creator: Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( Author, Primary ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Popular poetry History Africa, East East Africa Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 17 Anthology of Swahili Poets (MS 53490a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1937 AD (circa 1356 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Biography Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Translation 18 Letters (MS 53489i) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1890s AD (circa 1307 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 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 19 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 20 Swahili Prosody (MS 53502a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1954 ( Author, Primary ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Poetry Literary forms and genres Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Ushairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Translation

Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy : Selected Text with Audio

Creator:: Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik
Publication Date:: 1948
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

Waadhi wa Sh. Abdalla al-Husniy (MS 380766a)

Creator:: Al-Husniy, Abdalla, Sheik
Publication Date:: 1948
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poetry (Shairi); Shairi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

Mombasa Chronicle (MS 373394)

Creator:: Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Author, Primary ); Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Calligrapher )
Publication Date:: 1899 (1317 AH)
Type:: Mixed Material
Format:: Six leaves contained in a hardback folder
Source Institution:: SOAS, Univerity of London
Holding Location:: |Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Colonialism; Trade; Warfare; Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar, approximately 1834-1888; Sayyid Barghash
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Oman -- Muscat Governate -- Muscat; آسيا -- عمان -- محافظة مسقط -- مسقط; Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa; Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu; Africa -- Kenya -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Chronicles; Oral History
Language:: Swahili

Risala wa Zinjibari (MS 305d)

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; Oral history; Oral literature; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa -- Fort Jesus
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence with Sh. Nabhany (PP MS 20-1b)

Creator:: Allen, J. W. T. ( Author, Primary ); Nabhany, Ahmed Sheikh, 1927- ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1969-1978 AD (1389-1398 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Publications; Kiswahili mashairi; Publishers and publishing
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)

Utenzi wa Al-Akida (MS 196884c)

Creator:: Abdallah bin Mas’ud ( 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 history; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Marriage Customs: A Swahili Account in 1880 (MS 210014a)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1940 AD (circa 1359 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Marriage; Pregnancy; Birth; Customs and traditions; Manners and customs
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
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

Al-Akida: the life history of Muhammad bin Abdallah bin Mbarak Bakhashweini with . . . (MS 210009a)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ); Abdallah bin Mas’ud bin Salim al-Mazrui ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1940 AD (1359 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 poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa

Correspondence with Mbarak Ali Hinawy (MS 253028i)

Creator:: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Swahili poetry; Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence with M.A. Hinawy (MS 253028b)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1933-34 AD (1352-53 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Swahili poetry; Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence-Miscellaneous (MS 253028h)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1936-38 AD (1355-57 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Swahili poetry; Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Correspondence-miscellaneous (MS 253028d)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1935 AD (1354 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Swahili poetry; Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)

Correspondence with M.A. Hinawy (MS 253028f)

Creator:: Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1936 AD (1355 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; Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Khabari za Maisha na Matendo ya Bwana Muyaka (MS 263325a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ); Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Popular poetry; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Mashairi ya Muyaka (MS 263325b)

Creator:: Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Popular poetry; History; Africa, East; East Africa
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Anthology of Swahili Poets (MS 53490a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1937 AD (circa 1356 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Biography; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Translation

Letters (MS 53489i)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1890s AD (circa 1307 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
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (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

Swahili Prosody (MS 53502a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1954 ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1943 AD (1362 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Poetry; Literary forms and genres; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Ushairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Translation

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