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Project / Collection Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal Language Arabic Level [40] File

1. EAP1042/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/1
Title:
Celebrating Prophet Muhammad
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Biniiboo. The manuscript is a long poem that praises Prophet Muhammad. It celebrates his virtues and retraces his life and the history of his family. It highlights how he overcame the numerous challenges he faced as he sought to spread Islam. According to the owner, Fode L...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
354 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/2
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. Al-Akhdarī, is based on the name of the Algerian scholar, Abū Yazīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Muḥammad ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
84 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/3
Title:
Solutions to Problems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaararaŋo. This collection contains five different texts. The first one consists of prayers designed to help people achieve social mobility. This text is a manual of special prayers and techniques for finding solutions to people's social problems, including love....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
64 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/2/1
Title:
مقامات الحريري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Maqāmāt Al-Ḥarīrī with Extensive Glosses. The manuscript is a copy of Maqāmāt Al-Ḥarīrī, with extensive glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The book is widely known among Arab and Muslim scholars. It was written by Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Ali al-Ḥ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
805 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/2/2
Title:
History of Bounkiling in Arabic
Scope & Content:
A contemporary Arabic document, which deals with the history of the town of Bounkiling, the arrival of Islam, and the communities that first settled in the area. It also discusses the Quranic schools in the area and their curriculum. Custodial history: The owner wrote the text based on his rese...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/1
Title:
دالية اليوسي ; ملحت الاعراب
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Dāliyyat al-Yūsī and Mulḥat al-I‘rāb. This collection includes Dāliyyat al-Yūsī, a panegyric poem rhyming with the letter dāl authored by the Moroccan Shadhilī leader al-Yūsī (d. 1691 ), and Mulḥat al-I‘rāb, a poem dealing with Arabic grammar by Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn ‘...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
164 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/2
Title:
Recipes for Fortune, Prayers, Incantations, and Divination Records
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Naafulu Soto, Duwaaraŋo, Saalaaloolu, aniŋ Juubeeraŋo. This collection encompasses several genres of texts including: prayers in Arabic; recipes for happiness and wealth; esoteric diagrams with Arabic text inside of them, and explanations of their purpose along with instruct...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
97 TIFF images

8. EAP1042/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/3
Title:
Address Book in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Taamanseelu Kitaaboo. The manuscript is an address book. It contains people’s names and their phone numbers. Some of the people mentioned are from Guinea Bissau. The phone numbers are generally spelled out in Mandinka Ajami. However, in some cases it is the French reading ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

9. EAP1042/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/4
Title:
Divination
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Juubeeraŋo. The manuscript deals with divination techniques. The techniques are used by Mandinka marabouts (local religiousl leaders and healers) in order to diagnose the supernatural or natural causes of people’s challenges or ailments, to prescribe appropriate remedies, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
22 TIFF images

10. EAP1042/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/5
Title:
Incantation
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Saalaaloo. The manuscript belongs to the genre called Saalaaloo (incantation) in Mandinka. These incantatory texts are common in Mandinka communities as they are common in other West African Muslim societies. They are meant to be recited. They are used for protection from ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
1985
Extent:
10 TIFF images