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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Place Egypt, Africa

1. EAP1245/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1
Title:
Mountaga Ba
Scope & Content:
Mountaga Ba is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Pate Galo (northern Senegal). Ba’s family holding includes 56 small unbound book manuscripts and paper stacks. The material was mainly authored by the custodian’s father, Muhammad al-Ghāli...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2042 TIFF images

2. EAP1245/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/3
Title:
قصيد ة تاريخية عن الحاج عمر تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the original hand written by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghāli Ba. The poem describes the life of Al-Hajj Umar Taal. It provides details about the patron's birth, his childhood, his education, adulthood, his rallying call to the people to Allah, his travels, his jihad campaigns in West ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/6
Title:
تاريخ الحاج عمر فوتيو
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of Fulani Islamic leader Al Hajj Umar Taal (ca. 1794/7-1864). It narrates episodes in the birth, education, travels, and jihad campaigns of Al Hajj Umar Taal. Le manuscrit est une biographie du chef islamique peul Al Hajj Umar Taal (vers 1794 / 7-1864). Il raconte ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
44 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/45

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/45
Title:
لي بيت الله
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a collection of poems composed by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba in Egypt on the night of commemoration of Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Ce manuscrit est un recueil de poèmes composé par Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba en Egypte la nuit de commémoration de l'anniversaire du prophète Muhammad. Ext...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1967
Extent:
24 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2
Title:
MadaniSenegal
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected both from Dakar (Senegal). The MadaniSenegal collection includes 8 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 2949 pages. The books are of different sizes. Some of the manuscripts are originals wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1786-1962
Extent:
2948 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/1
Title:
جواهر المعاني
Scope & Content:
The present manuscript was created by a Fulani scholar whose name remains unknown. The copy was based on a manuscript composed by Najlu Bintu Safwata Abdul Mutallib. Najlu had, in turn, copied his version from a text originally authored by Sidi Ali Harazim Baradah of Egypt. Baradah's original te...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
420 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/4
Title:
جواهر ودرر
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was written by Thierno Mountaga Taal (1914-2007). The author indicates he had received authorization to undertake the project from Saydu Nuru Taal (Senegal) and Shaykh Muhammad Hafiz bun Abdullahi al-Misriiyii Tijani (Egypt). From the original start date to the end, the writing to...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1962
Extent:
560 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/7
Title:
جواهر المعاني
Scope & Content:
According to the custodian, tht manuscript was composed by a Fulani scholar, who was also a disciple in the Taal family. It is a copy of another manuscript originally composed by Najlu bintu Safwata Abdul Mutalib. Najlu copied his manuscript from a text originally created by Sidi Ali Harazim Bar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1799?
Extent:
516 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/8
Title:
تحفة الاحكام في مسائل التداعي و الاحكام
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a commentary on a book originally written by Imam Abu Hassan Aliyi Ibn Khasim a-Zakkaasī. It was copied by Muhammad bun Abd al-Salaam, then by Umar Tāl. In the manuscript, Al-Salaam does not provide the dates or the place where he wrote the manuscript. According to the custodi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
266 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/3
Title:
MadaniMali
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and originally collected from Koniakari (Mali). The MadaniMali collection includes 3 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 1545 pages. They differ in sizes. One manuscript is originally written by Al Hajj ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1829-1901
Extent:
1148 TIFF images