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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP466/1 Place Kenya, Africa

1. 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

2. EAP466/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/9
Title:
Unidentified work of fiqh [fat-hul muin]
Scope & Content:
Description: Unidentified work of fiqh. Extent of original: Manuscript, 383 pages, 22 x 14.8 cm. Condition of original: Bound in leather binding with a flap. The leather still some fur intact, white hairs. Collected in quires, spine is broken. Black and red ink. Badly damaged by insects and humid...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century
Extent:
384 TIFF Images

3. EAP466/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/17
Title:
Unidentified work of fiqh [Minhaaj Taalibeen]
Scope & Content:
Description: Unidentified work of fiqh. Extent of original: Manuscript 342 pages 32 x 22 cm. Condition of original: original cover is missing and replaced by plain carton. Spine missing entirely. Red and black ink. Partially destroyed by insects, in bad condition. Date of original: Unknown. 19th ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
343 TIFF Images

4. EAP466/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/21
Title:
Unidentified work of grammar [Ibn aqel shrh]
Scope & Content:
Description: Unidentified work of nahw (grammar). Extent of original: Manuscript 567 pages 23.8 x 16.6 cm . Condition of original: Brown, carved leather cover and spine. Spine is broken. Black and red ink, partly faded. Partially damaged by insects. In bad condition. Date of original: Unknown. 19...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
568 TIFF Images

5. EAP466/1/115

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP466/1/115
Title:
Idah Asrar Ulum al-Muqarrabin
Scope & Content:
This text is a treatise on Sufism - Islamic ethics and mysticism - byJamal al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-'Aydarus, a saint of Yemeni origin whomigrated to the port city of Surat in Gujarat, western India, where he died in1031 AH/1630 CE. Despite the importance of the Idah in the spiritualtra...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
37 TIFF Images

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