Description: A treatise containing Nupe history. Extent and format of original material: 56 items in paper format. Physical characteristics of original: The material has become brittle and yellowish with age. Most of the papers are about 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size.
Description: A treatise of Hausa Islamic religious eulogy. Extent and format of original material: 12 items in paper format. Physical characteristics of original: The material has become brittle and yellowish with age. Most of the papers are about 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size.
Description: A treatise containing Islamic religious eulogy. Extent and format of original material: 22 items in paper format. Physical characteristics of original: The material has become brittle and yellowish with age. Most of the papers are about 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size.
Kitab Tarsi-li by the Umar ibn Abi-bakr bin Usman al Kabawi-yi al Kanawiyi
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Description: A guide to Arabic letter writing. Extent and format of original material: 16 items in paper format. Physical characteristics of original: The material has become brittle and yellowish with age. Most of the papers are about 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size.
Description: A pamphlet teaching the Islamic distribution of legacy. Extent and format of original material: 10 items in paper format. Physical characteristics of original: The material has become brittle and yellowish with age. Most of the papers are about 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size.
Arabic Manuscripts collected from the Kaduna Capital Territory [1824-1932]
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Arabic manuscripts collected between 1959-1971 by Alhaji M. S. Khojah, Umaru Balarabe, and Zubairu. The manuscripts deal with diverse themes such as jihad, medicine, government, philosophy and biography. Extent and format of original material: 15,925 items in paper format.
Description: An envelope containing two copies, one in English typescript and the other in Hausa Arabic scripts: the content is a history of the Sudan south of the Sahara including their aboriginal kings and their traditions. Both copies translated from the original Arabic written publications. E...
The songs on the flight to Dibde-na [A.H 1263/1846 A.D]
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Description: An envelope containing an English translation in typescripts of a song on the flight to a village called Dibda-na in Sokoto. Extent and format of original material: 5 items in paper format. Physical characteristics of original: The material has become brittle and yellowish with age. ...
Description: An envelope containing three copies of different translations viz. Arabic, English typescripts and Hausa/Arabic. All copied and translated from the original. The book is relating the gist of the history of Sokoto from the hijira of Sheikh Uthman Fodio to the occupation of the whitema...
Description: An envelope containing the philosophy on the history of the world in both Arabic and English typescripts. Extent and format of original material: 42 items in paper format. Physical characteristics of original: The material has become brittle and yellowish with age. Most of the papers...