SOAS Search Results - Swahili Manuscripts Collections

Al-Inkishafi (MS 253029a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
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 poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Imani za kidini; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373)

Creator:: Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( Author, primary ); Abdalla ba Sheikh ( Scribe )
Publication Date:: 1967
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 -- Lamu -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Poetry (Utenzi); Utenzi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

Al-Inkishafi (MS 373) ( 2 items )

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

Correspondence with M. Kijumwa (MS 253028e)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( 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; Kiswahili mashairi; Mr Whitton
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence with M. Kijumwa (MS 253028g)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( 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; Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Correspondence with M. Kijuwma (MS 253028a)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1933 AD (1352 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 -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Diwani la Ujuzi wa Sawahili (MS 53499a)

Creator:: Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary ); Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor ); Sa’id bin Salim ( contributor ); Mshairi wa Amu ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1940 AD (circa 1358 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; Liongo Fumo; Fumo Liyongo
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Songs (LCTGM); Short stories (LCSH); Poetry (LCTGM); Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: English; Swahili

Duri li Mandhuma na Wajiwaji (MS 53496c)

Creator:: Sayyid ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al Ahdal ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( 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 poetry; Religious poetry; Religious belief; Islam; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Duri-li-Mandhuma and Wajiwaji (MS 397)

Creator:: Sayyid ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al Ahdal ( Author, Primary ); Sayyid ‘Umar bin Amin bin Nadhir al Ahdal ( 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 practice; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Economics, Medicine and Forestry (MS 53829k)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1929 ( Author, Primary ); Hichens, William, -1944 ( 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; Economics
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Fragment of Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 380066d)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Faraji Bwana Mkuu ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Philosophy; Uislamu; Gabriel (Archangel); Jibril
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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

Historical notes and poems (MS 385)

Creator:: Othman Faraj Umar Bwana Mkuu Abdalla al-Lamy ( Author, Primary ); Othman Faraj Umar Bwana Mkuu Abdalla al-Lamy ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili history; Oral history; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Historical Poem on Lamu and Shela (MS 326a)

Creator:: Shaib Faraj bin Hemed al-Bakry Allamy ( Author, Primary )
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; Arab colonialism; Warfare, Conventional; Military art and science
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

History of Lamu (MS 53829a)

Creator:: Dickson, T. Ainsworth, fl. 1921 ( 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; 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

History of the Lamu District (MS 53829b)

Creator:: Isaac, F.W., fl. 1919 ( 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; 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

Kadhi na Haramiya

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad; Omar, Yahya Ali ( scribe )
Publication Date:: 1966
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

Kadhi na Haramiya ( 2 items )

Kisa cha Miiraji (MS 380747a)

Creator:: Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious practice; Religious belief; Swahili language; Poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Kishamia

Creator:: Mansab, Mwenye; Badawi, Ahmad Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Swahili poetry; Religious beliefs; Religious practice
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu
Genre:: Poem; Shairi (poetic form)
Language:: Swahili

Kishamia ( 2 items )

Kiswahili, langue classique (PP MS 42. S/32)

Creator:: Van der Vorst, Gerard ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1958 AD (circa 1378 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Swahili poetry; Swahili language -- Dialects; Critique; Linguistics
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT); Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

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