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032-003460246 Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Subject Poetry

1. EAP1042/38

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38
Title:
Lamine Cisse (Ziguinchor) Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a variety of manuscripts. Most are written in classical Arabic. Some have glosses in Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke. The manuscripts deal with both religious and non-religious subjects. Extent and format of original material: 19 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1155 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/38/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/4
Title:
Arabic Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is an Arabic poem with glosses dealing with Sufism. Custodial history: The owner inherited it from his father, Al-hadji Lamine Cisse. His father inherited it from his father Arfang Aliou Cisse. Aliou Cisse was born in Woy-Manambu in prese...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/38/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/5
Title:
Two Arabic Manuscipts
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Kitaabu Fula. Consists of two separate manuscripts, including the popular Arabic devotional poem called Marmūz al-Tantarānī authored by Aḥmad al-Tantarānī. The themes discussed in the documents include life, death, and the afterlife. The manuscripts are written i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
58 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/38/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/10
Title:
Praising Our Lord
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Maariyo Tentu. The manuscript is a devotional Mandinka Ajami poem dealing with ethics and morality and life in this world and the afterlife. It promotes righetous living. Custodial history: The owner inherited it from his father after his death. Extent and format of orig...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/38/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/8
Title:
Umru' al-Quays' Poem
Scope & Content:
Title in original script: امْرُؤُ الْقَيْسِ . Transliterated title: Umuru Kayisi la Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy a poem of by Umru' al-Qais who lived in the 6th century AD and who is considered the father of Arabic poetry. His work is popular in Mandinka communities. The poem is written i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/38/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/6
Title:
Old Arabic Poem with Glosses
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suuku Kotooriŋo. The manuscript is an old Arabic poem dealing with Sufism by Alī ibn Ḥusayn (659-713). It includes glosses in Arabic and Soninke. The headings are in red and they use the names of Arabic letters. Different generations have commented on the documen...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/38/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/11
Title:
بنات سعاد
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Banāt Su‛ād. The manuscript is a copy of an ancient Arabic poem by Ka'b bin Zuhayr, a famous Arab poet who was initially one of the fiercest critics of Prophet Muḥammad. His criticisms had put him in danger of losing his life. He finally repented and asked for forgiveness ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
61 TIFF images

8. EAP1042/38/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/7
Title:
The Town of Ziguinchor
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sikicoor Saatee. The manuscript is a poem of farewell written on behalf of the men who were drafted for WWII and about to be shipped to Europe to free France from German occupation. According to the owner, the poem was read in public just before the men were shipped from t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

9. EAP1042/38/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/1
Title:
دالية اليوسي
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Dāliyyat al-Yūsī. The Arabic manuscript is a copy of a poem dealing with the life of Prophet Muḥammad and Sufism. It includes extensive glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. It is a copy of an Arabic poem by the 17th-century Moroccan Sufi poet, Abū Alī al-Ḥasan ibn Mas‘ūd a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
96 TIFF images

10. EAP1042/38/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/18
Title:
Praying for 'Abd Raḥmān al-Suyūtī
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a copy of an Arabic poem celebrating and praying for 'Abd Raḥmān al-Suyūtī (c.1445-1505), one of the most prolific Muslim writers of the Middle Ages. Custodial history: The owner inherited it from his father after his death. Extent and format of original material: 18 pages. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images