Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Biography - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/58/4
Title:: Biography of Al-hadji Aliou Kante
Scope & Content:: The document is a biography of Al-hadji Aliou Kante, a Mandinka scholar from Kombo-Sifo in The Gambia. It documents his life, education, and experience with prominent religious scholars he encountered in his lifetime, including Mame Bamba Barro who was a disciple of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke (...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 93 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/4
Title:: Jetemiodara Family Collection
Scope & Content:: Family collection of manuscripts: • EAP1101/4/1 Tawhid• EAP1101/4/2 Qasidat Al-Tawhid• EAP1101/4/3 Du'ā'• EAP1101/4/4 Qur'an Kareem• EAP1101/4/5 Du'ā'• EAP1101/4/6 Shi'r• EAP1101/4/7 Fiqh• EAP1101/4/8 Du'ā'• EAP1101/4/9 Nafilat fi layali Ramadan• EAP1101/4/10 Asrar• EAP1101/4/11 Du'ā'• EAP1101/...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Yoruba
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 4691 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/4/139
Title:: السيرة النبوية
Scope & Content:: A long poem in praise of the Holy Prophet. Extent: volume 1 containing 12 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 17 x 12 cm. Custodial history: This manuscript is currently under the custody of Jetemiodara Family Library. It was inherited from their forefathers. Author(s)/Creator(...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 24 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/4/164
Title:: سيرة النبي
Scope & Content:: Contains the history of Prophet Muhammad's life SAW. Extent: volume 1 containing 2 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 16 x 11 cm. Custodial history: This manuscript is currently under the custody of Jetemiodara Family Library. It was inherited from their forefathers. Author(s)...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 3 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/4/166
Title:: قصة حياة الرسول
Scope & Content:: Contains short biography of Prophet Muhammad, from his birth to his death; the wars that he fought, Hijrah, his ascension to Allah, etc. Extent: volume 1 containing 5 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 20 x 12 cm. Custodial history: This manuscript is currently under the custod...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 10 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/4/257
Title:: نثر
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a short biography of Prophet 'Isa (Jesus). Extent: volume 1 containing 1 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 18 x 14 cm. Custodial history: This manuscript is currently under the custody of Jetemiodara Family Library. It was inherited from their forefath...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 2 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/4/281
Title:: سيرة الرسول
Scope & Content:: Contains some aspects of the life history of Prophet Muhammad. Extent: volume 1 containing 2 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 17 x 10 cm. Custodial history: This manuscript is currently under the custody of Jetemiodara Family Library. It was inherited from their forefathers. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 4 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/6
Title:: Ile Olosan Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:: Family collection of manuscripts: • EAP1101/6/1 Hisab Al-Jummal• EAP1101/6/2 Na'w• EAP1101/6/3 Shi'r• EAP1101/6/4 Madhu al-Nabiy• EAP1101/6/5 Wa'z• EAP1101/6/6 Shi'r• EAP1101/6/7 Al-Falak wa al-Nujum• EAP1101/6/8 Al-Falak wa al- Nujum• EAP1101/6/9 Fiq'h• EAP1101/6/10 Wa'z• EAP1101/6/11 Madhu Al...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 4390 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1101/6/156
Title:: منظومة في دكر الأنبياء
Scope & Content:: Contains list of Prophets and Messanges and their short biographies. Extent: Volume 1 containing 17 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 11 x 8 cm. Custodial history: This manuscript is currently under the custudy of Olosan Family Library. It was inherited from their forefathers....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 34 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1104/5
Title:: Private Collection of Butto Kristo Paul's Family, Sobhabazar
Scope & Content:: Custodial history: Butto Kristo Paul was born in 1835 near Shibpur in Howrah, Bengal. His father, Lakshminarayan Pal was a petty businessman but not very well off. When Batto Kristo was around 12 years of age he left Shibpur to settle down in his maternal house in Sobhabazar in north Calcutta. H...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and English
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 891 TIFF images

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