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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Name Muhammad, the Prophet, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/97245226 Place Mauritania, Africa

1. EAP1042/36

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/36
Title:
Kelountang Thiam Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of four manuscripts. The first one is by Al-Shanfarā al-Azdī, and deals with the story of an outlaw man in the pre-Islamic era seeking revenge. The second text is a classical Arabic poem called Banāt Su'ād by Ka'ab bin Zuhayr, who who was initially one of the fiercest cri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
602 TIFF images

2. 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

3. EAP1245/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/2
Title:
قصيد ة في طريقة التجانية
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a handwritten copy of the original written by Ibn Baabu Al-alawi. It is a poem in praise of Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijān. The manuscript was acquired by Muhammad al-Amin Ba in the year 1929 who passed it on to his son Muhammad Al-ghāli Ba (d.1991). Specifically, it touches on the sta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
62 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/15
Title:
الحمد لله الذ
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was composed by a friend of al-Ghali Ba, Abubakry Sy, who was an ambassador of Senegal in Nigeria back then. It contains two qasida poems totalling all 11 pages. The first is a praise poem to Prophet Muhammad and was completed on December 12, 1988. The second was also written in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
12 Dec 1989
Extent:
10 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/17
Title:
دق مئجم ء ما
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is composed by Mountaga Muhammad al-Ghālī Bā. It is composed of five qasīda poems. The first poem praises the Prophet Muhammad. The second poem is also composed in praise of Prophet Muhammad. The third poem praises Alhajj Umar. The fourth talks about the yearly pilgrimage of Sene...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pulaar
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
25 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/1/50

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/50
Title:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيمي
Scope & Content:
This manuscripts is a collection of poems composed by Muhammad al-Ghāli Bah. Some of the poems praise shaykhs, other praise Prophet Muhammad, while others are welcome poems composed for special Islamic occasions dedicated to special guests. Ce manuscrit est un recueil de poèmes composé par Muha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
24 TIFF images

7. 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

8. EAP1245/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/4
Title:
Oumar Sy
Scope & Content:
Oumar Sy is the custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Ndioum (Senegal). The Sy collection includes 10 small unbound manuscripts and documents. The material was mainly authored by popular Pulaar Sufi poet Oumar Sy, but some of the files are copies of Aja...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
1800s-2010s
Extent:
168 TIFF images