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101. EAP099/1/2/18/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP099/1/2/18/4
Title:
Orodha ya Wakristo [1923-1924]
Scope & Content:
Parish members: Kidia; Original material: 64 folios
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Swahili
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:
64 TIFF images

102. EAP099/1/2/18/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP099/1/2/18/5
Title:
Wanafunzi wa ubatizo [1914-1927]
Scope & Content:
Catechumens: Kidia; Original material: 329 folios
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Swahili
Date Range:
1914-1927
Extent:
329 TIFF images

103. EAP466/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1
Title:
The Manuscripts of the Riyadha Mosque of Lamu, Kenya [19th-20th centuries]
Scope & Content:
The collection contains Islamic teaching material that has been in use in the Riyadha mosque since its foundation in the late 19th century. It covers all Islamic disciplines, such as fiqh, tawhid, nahw, mantiq and Sufism. The Sufi content reflects its close connection with the Alawi tradition of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Swahili
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 series containing 144 files and 20896 photographic images

104. EAP466/1/63

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/63
Title:
Qur'at al-Anbiya
Scope & Content:
Description: A book of fortune-telling by names of prophets (Qur'at al-Anbiya). Translated into Kiswahili. Extent of original: Manuscript 29 pages 16.5 x 22.2 cm. Condition of original: Covered in carton and red cloth back with back side missing. Black ink. Eaten by insects but in good conditio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Swahili
Date Range:
19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
30 TIFF Images

105. EAP466/1/70

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/70
Title:
Collection of poetry
Scope & Content:
Description: Misc. qasida. Extent of original: Manuscript 84 Pages 20.5 x 16 cm. Condition of original: In a lined school notebook. Bound in carton with cloth spine. Papers are loose and spine is broken. Black, blue and red. Date of original: 20th century by visual appearance
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Swahili
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
85 TIFF Images

106. EAP466/1/72

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/72
Title:
Collection of poetry
Scope & Content:
Description: Misc. qasida. Also included some in Swahili Extent of original: Manuscript 27 pages, 20.5 x 16 cm. Condition of original: Written in a squared schoolbook. Covered by orange/brown carton. Date of original: 20th century by visual appearance
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Swahili
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
28 TIFF Images

107. EAP466/1/96

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/96
Title:
Dini ni Ngome
Scope & Content:
Description: Poem in Swahili: "Dini ni Ngome". Extent of original: Manuscript, 9 pages, 20.5 x 16 cm. Condition of original: Manuscript, bound in brown paper but loose and folded inside. Black ink. Date of original: 20th century from visual appearance only.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Swahili
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF Images

108. EAP466/1/106

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/106
Title:
Kitab Jami'i al-Adhkaar
Scope & Content:
Description: Kitab Jami'i Al-Adhkaar. This book contains many prayers and poems of different poets commented in Arabic and Kiswahili. Extent of original: Manuscript 143 pages 16.2X9.8 cm . Condition of original: Bounded in brown stripped hard carton cover with cloth back. Needs care; its paper be...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Swahili
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
144 TIFF Images

109. EAP1114/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1114/1
Title:
Maalim Muhammad Idris Collection
Scope & Content:
Collection of printed books and manuscripts in the custody of Maalim Muhammad Idris Muhammad Saleh, Zanzibar (d. 2012). Custodial history: The collection came into the posession of Maalim Muhammad Idris through personal inheritance and collection.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, Persian, and Swahili
Date Range:
1850s-1960s
Extent:
123 files containing 13051 TIFF images

110. EAP1114/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1114/1/2
Title:
الترياق النافع من العمى شرح النبذة الموسومة بباب ما جاء في اتباع العلم وفضل العلماء
Scope & Content:
Fiqh. Custodial history: Unclear note of ownership. Calendar: Islamic, 1339H. Extent and format of original material: Printed book bound in carton cloth spine. Author(s) of original material: Abū Bakr b.ʿAbd Allāh b.ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sumayṭ. Publisher of original material: Dār al-iḥyā al-ku...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Swahili
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
38 TIFF images