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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/53 Subject Islam

1. EAP1042/53

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53
Title:
Seckou Barro Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains: classical Arabic poems (including copies of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry) with commentaries and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami; Mandinka Ajami poetry; Islamic jurisprudence texts dealing with various subjects (including marriage law); Quranic exegesis; and, texts on th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1507 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/53/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/1
Title:
الهمزية
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Hamziyya with Mandinka Ajami Glosses. The manuscript is a poem written to praise Prophet Muḥammad. It is written in Arabic with extensive glosses in Mandinka Ajami. It is a panegyric poem called Qaṣīda al-Hamziyya (rhymes with the Arabic letter Hamza), which was composed b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
66 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/53/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/2
Title:
Arabic Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original devotional Arabic poem authored by Abū ‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Abdullah. It was copied by the Mandinka scholar, El-hadji Sankoung Barro, the oldest son of Kemo Barro Diang. The poem deals with numerous Islamic topics an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
55 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/53/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/4
Title:
Poem by Al-Ilbīrī with Mandinka Glosses
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a copy of the Arabic original written by Abū Isḥāq al-Ilbīrī (d.1067/1068), a poet and a Mālikī jurist, who lived in al-Andalus in the 11th century. He is well known in the Muslim world for his poem on the benefits of seeking knowledge and the conduct that seekers of knowledge...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
19 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/53/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/6
Title:
Correcting Prayers and Purification Shower in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sali Dadaaraŋo aniŋ Janaaba Kuuwo. Contains a collection of notes on how to correct mistakes made in Islamic ritual prayers and how to wash oneself after sexual intercourse. Custodial history: The owner wrote the texts for his students. Extent and format of original mate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
7 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/53/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/7
Title:
الاخضري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the popular Mālikī jurisprudence text known as Al-Akhdarī, which is used across Muslim West Africa. The title, Al-Akhdarī, is based on the name of the Algerian scholar, Abū Yazīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
60 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/53/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/9
Title:
Short Mandinka Ajami Poems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suuku Ndiŋ. Contains two short Mandinka Ajami texts. The first one is a poem asking for God’s protection, and the second is a devotional poem praising Prophet Muḥammad. Custodial history: The owner copied the texts from the original documents written by his gr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

8. EAP1042/53/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/10
Title:
أبو محمد القاسم بن علي بن محمد بن الحريري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Quranic Exegesis and Arabic Language Text by Al-Ḥarīrī of Basra. Contains two manuscripts. The first one is a Quranic exegesis with comments and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The second manuscript is a copy of a classical Arabic text dealing with the Arabic language...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
149 TIFF images

9. EAP1042/53/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/13
Title:
Collection of Three Islamic Texts
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Londi Kitaabu Saba. Contains three manuscripts written in classical Arabic with comments and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The first manuscript is a copy of a devotional poem authored by Abū Ismā‘īl Husayn. It was copied by Mouhamadou Barro, a son of Kang Barro Dian...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

10. EAP1042/53/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/16
Title:
تفسير الجلالين
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Tafsīr al-Jalālayn with Bilingual Glosses. The manuscrript contains the first part the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, an exegesis of the Quran modeled on the one produced by a teacher and his student who are both named Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (death date 1459) and his student,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
417 TIFF images