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Language Arabic Place Mecca, Saudi Arabia Level [40] File

1. EAP913/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/7
Title:
فضائل مكة والمدينة
Scope & Content:
This text discusses the special nature of the holy city of Mecca. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22; Text box size (cm): text fills page; Lines per page: n/a. Condition: minor ink smudging; text unaffected Lined paper with hole punches; brown ink; vocalization; crossed out errors; so...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

2. EAP913/1/38

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/38
Title:
مكتوب في الخغرافية
Scope & Content:
These folios offer a schematic map of the sacred precinct (Haram) in Mecca with the kabba in the centre. Surrounding the diagram which is oriented to the cardinal direction are descriptions of Mecca and locations of important features of the sacred precinct. Page size (cm) (width and height): ;...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
6 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/32/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/2
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts II
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu II. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of numerous documents, including two originally translated from Arabic into Mandinka Ajami to help local readers understand their contents in their own language. The documents include papers that...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
47 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/1
Title:
الجوهر اللامع في مدح الشافع صلي الله عليه وسلم
Scope & Content:
As explained by the manuscript holder, the original author wrote the manuscript during one of his many stays in northern Nigeria where he had Sufi followers and friends. He used paper provided to him by the Directopr's office at the Alfa Umaru Ibrahim Institute (Northern Nigeria). The manuscript...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
46 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/3
Title:
قصيد ة تاريخية عن الحاج عمر تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the original hand written by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghāli Ba. The poem describes the life of Al-Hajj Umar Taal. It provides details about the patron's birth, his childhood, his education, adulthood, his rallying call to the people to Allah, his travels, his jihad campaigns in West ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/1/40

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/40
Title:
الحج وهكامو
Scope & Content:
This manuscript documents a speech composed by the author when he served as the head of Senegal's national commission for Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Senegalese pilgrims would listen to this speech three times in Mecca. Ce manuscrit documente un discours composé par l'auteur lorsqu'il était à l...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1991
Extent:
31 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/1/43

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/43
Title:
التاريح محمد بوكار قان
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains several dcuments composed by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. Its first portion details the biography of Islamic teacher Muhammad Bokar Kan. The second section is a poem about Alfa Hashimiyyu. The manuscript includes text written in unknown character. Ce manuscrit contient plusieu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
37 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/1
Title:
جواهر المعاني
Scope & Content:
The present manuscript was created by a Fulani scholar whose name remains unknown. The copy was based on a manuscript composed by Najlu Bintu Safwata Abdul Mutallib. Najlu had, in turn, copied his version from a text originally authored by Sidi Ali Harazim Baradah of Egypt. Baradah's original te...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
420 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/2
Title:
حلة السير في مدح سيد الوري
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was composed by Fulani scholar Muhammad Jamraabal bun Mu’adh of Fuuta Jalon (Guinea) in 1219Hijri/1804BC. It is a copy of another manuscript originally written by North African scholar Muhammad al-Masrii. The custodian’s late father, Muntaga Tall, is listed as the owner of the doc...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
151 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/4
Title:
جواهر ودرر
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was written by Thierno Mountaga Taal (1914-2007). The author indicates he had received authorization to undertake the project from Saydu Nuru Taal (Senegal) and Shaykh Muhammad Hafiz bun Abdullahi al-Misriiyii Tijani (Egypt). From the original start date to the end, the writing to...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1962
Extent:
560 TIFF images