SWAHILI MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES

Part 1: The Taylor, Hichens and Werner Collections

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TAYLOR COLLECTION

Ms ref Short Title

MS 47752 African Aphorisms

MS 380577 Chart showing grammar of Swahili Language

MS 198870 Giryama Proverbs

MS 20264 Giryama Vocabulary & Collections

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MS 47753 Hymns in Swahili

MS 47780 Khutbatan na Manzumat al-Mubarak

MS 47758 Miscellaneous notes

MS 47759 Miscellaneous papers, Vol.XI:

MS 45022 Poems: Hirqal, Qatirifu & Ndiwa na Kozi

MS 47782 Swahili letters

MS 47769 Swahili letters to W.E. Taylor

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MS 54341 Swahili Tales-Vol.1

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MS 54343 Swahili Tales-Vol.2

MS 41960 Swahili Verses

MS 47768 Swahili Verses

MS 41961 Swahili Verses

MS 373394 The Mombassa Chronicle

MS 47754 Vol VII: Swahili Poetry

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MS 47755 Vol IV: Swahili Scripts & Transliterations

MS 47757 Vol III: Swahili Poetry & Notebook

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HICHENS COLLECTION

MS 47707 19th-20th C. Swahili Popular Poetry

MS 210009 Al-Akida

MS 47770 Al-Inkishafi

MS 256191 Al-Inkishafi

MS 253029 Al-Inkishafi & Correspondence

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MS 53490 Anthology of Swahili Poets

MS 47708 Collection of Swahili Verses

MS 253028 Correspondence

MS 53491 Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili

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MS 53495 Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili

MS 263325 Diwani ya Muyaka bin Haji al Ghassani

MS 53493 Draft of the Liongo Saga

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MS 210003 Dua ya Kuombea Mvua

MS 210004 Dua ya Kuombea Mvua

MS 210005 Dua ya Kuombea Mvua

MS 53500 Dura li-Mandhuma

MS 210006 Duri li-Mandhuma

MS 210007 Duri li-Mandhuma

MS 210008 Duri li-Mandhuma

MS 193290 Hadithi

MS 53823 Hamziyya

MS 53827 Hamziyya

MS 53824 History of Pate

MS 53507 History of Swahili Literature

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MS 193292 History of the Anankali people, Iramba, Tanganyika

MS 228624 Kisa cha Yusuf

MS 53501 Kitab al-Sulwa fi Akhbar Kulwa

MS 47797 Letters to W. Hichens

MS 210013 Liongo Poems with Notes & Correspondence

MS 205000 Liongo the Spearlord

MS 210014 Marriage Customs: A Swahili Account in 1880

MS 53496 Maulidi na Waadhi

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MS 54342 Notebook

MS 193291 Nyimbo

MS 53829 On Lamu & other Coastal Regions

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MS 53498 Outline of Swahili Literature

MS 53826 Poems, Prosody, Songs and Photographs

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MS 53489 Scrapbook on East African History & Geography

MS 53494 Specimens of Swahili Literature in Translation

MS 47781 Story of Barisa

MS 53503 Swahili Literature

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MS 47796 Swahili Notes and Glosses

MS 53497 Swahili Poems

MS 53825 Swahili Poetry

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MS 53508 Swahili Poetry

MS 196884 Swahili Poets

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MS 53502 Swahili Prosody

MS 53504 Swahili Prosody

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MS 53505 Swahili Prosody

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MS 53509 Swahili Word List

MS 47779 Swahili Tracts

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MS 53492 The Liongo Saga

MS 210002 Utenzi wa Amuri

MS 210010 Utenzi wa Barasisi

MS 210011 Utenzi wa Barasisi

MS 34882 Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona & Waadhi wa Fuadi

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WERNER COLLECTION

MS 10294 Habari za Wakilindi

MS 210012 Mashairi ya Liongo

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MS 380393 Papers

MS 47795 Shi’ir la-Liongo or Pijiani basi

MS 210015 Songs attributed to Liongo