The collection consists of one poem in which the author praises God and asks for protection, health, long life, and success. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Transliterated title: Mansoo Tentu. This manuscript is a copy of the original Mandinka Ajami song written by the great Mandinka poet, Sitookoto Dabo. Sitookota is one of the most famous Mandinka religious scholars and poets of Senegambia. He authored numerous poems in Mandinka Ajami that are st...
The collection contains five manuscripts: an exegesis of al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami; a Mandinka Ajami poem dealing with current Issues; a sample Arabic-Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the Quran; a complete exegesis of the Quran in Mandinka Ajami; and, a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami dictionary in...
Transliterated title: Tafsīr al-Jalālayn (Sample). The bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami document is a sample of Bafode’s Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, an exegesis of the Quran, which is modeled on the work of a teacher and his student who are both called Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (died in 1459) and h...
Transliterated title: Tafsīr al-Jalālayn in Mandinka Ajami (Complete Quran). The Mandinka Ajami manuscript is Bafode’s Tafsīr al-Jalālayn of the entire Quran in Mandinka Ajami. It is modeled on the exegesis of the Quran by a teacher and his student who are both called Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥ...
The collection consists of two manuscripts. The first is a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami document dealing with some special prayers. The second manuscript, which is much older, is written in Arabic with some Mandinka glosses and notes. It deals with life in paradise. Extent and format of orig...
Transliterated title: Allah Tentoo. The manuscript is primarily written in rudimentary Arabic. It was copied from the original by Fode Faty. It includes Mandinka Ajami glosses and personal notes. It deals with the marvelous life in paradise and enjoins people to repent and follow God’s instruct...
The collection includes several manuscripts. The majority of them are written in Mandinka Ajami. These include: a biography of Fode Herba Drame, who founded the famous Mandinka learning center of Sunna-Karantaba; the list of Imams of Mankonomba; a list of important Mandinka riddles and their ans...
Title in original script: دلائل الخیرات . Transliterated title: Dalā’il al-Khayrāt. The manuscript is a copy of the Arabic original, written by the Moroccan Sufi leader, Muhammad Sulaiman al-Jazulī (death date 1495). It is a collection of prayers for Prophet Muhammad, which is very popular in ...
A bilingual collection, which contains several manuscripts. This collection includes: recent copies of poems by Arfang Sitokoto Dabo; personal letters; an old panegyric poem with glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajam; and, two parts of the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn with commentaries and glosses in Arabic ...