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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Timbuktu, Mali

1. EAP913/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1
Title:
Infa Yattara Family Library Collection
Scope & Content:
This project offers a representative sample of 50 Arabic manuscripts from the Infa Yattara Family Library currently housed in a private facility in Bamako, Mali. It consists of various works in the Islamic sciences, literature, medicine, Qur’an, historical documents as well as treatises in esote...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and French
Date Range:
1313-1963
Extent:
1338 TIFF images

2. EAP913/1/42

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/42
Title:
فتوى في حكم السرقى
Scope & Content:
This document is a legal opinion about rulings related to theft of property in the Timbuktu region. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 11; Text box size (cm): n/a; Lines per page: n/a. Condition: some text loss on margins; evidence of stapling; tearing Some text in French; stamped seal o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and French
Date Range:
1313-1314
Extent:
3 TIFF images

3. EAP913/1/43

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/43
Title:
وثيصة في الإصلاح بين قبائلان تنبكتو
Scope & Content:
This document describes the efforts at tribal reconciliation conducted by a local judge in the Timbuktu governorate. Discusses a period from the late 19th century to the year 1910. Page size (cm) (width and height): 19.5 x 23; Text box size (cm): n/a; Lines per page: n/a. Condition: tearing; t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/54

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/54
Title:
Seckou Dabo Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a variety of small manuscripts written in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami, dealing with religious and non-religious subjects, including the history of Pakao and its founding leaders. Extent and format of original material: 2 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
59 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/54/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/54/1
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu I. Contains a collection of six small documents written in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami. Included is a biography of Prophet Muḥammad and devotional poems that trace and celebrate his origin and achievements. The other documents, which are mostly written in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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