SWAHILI MANUSCRIPTS

From the School of Oriental and African Studies

Part 1: The Taylor, Hichens and Werner Collections

Part 2: The Knappert, Whiteley, Allen, Miscellaneous and Yahya Ali Omar Collections

Contents of Reels - Part 1

REEL 1

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

REEL 2

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

REEL 3

MS 54341 Swahili Tales-Vol.1

REEL 4

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

REEL 5

MS 47755 Vol IV: Swahili Scripts & Transliterations

MS 47757 Vol III: Swahili Poetry & Notebook

REEL 6

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

REEL 7

MS 53490 Anthology of Swahili Poets

MS 47708 Collection of Swahili Verses

MS 253028 Correspondence

MS 53491 Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili

REEL 8

MS 53495 Diwani ya Malenga wa Sawahili

MS 263325 Diwani ya Muyaka bin Haji al Ghassani

MS 53493 Draft of the Liongo Saga

REEL 9

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

REEL 10

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

REEL 11

MS 54342 Notebook

MS 193291 Nyimbo

MS 53829 On Lamu & other Coastal Regions

REEL 12

MS 53498 Outline of Swahili Literature

MS 53826 Poems, Prosody, Songs and Photographs

REEL 13

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

REEL 14

MS 47796 Swahili Notes and Glosses

MS 53497 Swahili Poems

MS 53825 Swahili Poetry

REEL 15

MS 53508 Swahili Poetry

MS 196884 Swahili Poets

REEL 16

MS 53502 Swahili Prosody

MS 53504 Swahili Prosody

REEL 17

MS 53505 Swahili Prosody

REEL 18

MS 53509 Swahili Word List

MS 47779 Swahili Tracts

REEL 19

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

REEL 20

WERNER COLLECTION

MS 10294 Habari za Wakilindi

MS 210012 Mashairi ya Liongo

REEL 21

MS 380393 Papers

MS 47795 Shi’ir la-Liongo or Pijiani basi

MS 210015 Songs attributed to Liongo

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