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A book on tawḥīd written (or copied) by Muḥammad Kata Dramé for his brother, Abu Bakr Suwaré. On f59v: small personalised sketch of the flames of hell and personal note calling Abu Bark to take care of his spiritual and physical health and stay close to his family and tribe. Note diagram on f 52v.
قال الشيخ السنوسي التوحيد أشرف من الفقه و التصوف و جميع العلومqāl al-shaykh al-Sanūsī al-tawḥīd ashraf min al-fiqh wa al-taṣawwuf wa jamīʿ al-ʿulūm
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A book on tawḥīd by Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490). Fine geometric drawings on f 68v-69v. Small text on f 69 running vertically and horizontally that has been filled in with ink in a spider's web pattern, to form a border for present work. The work was "copied by its owner, Fodio Ibn ...
al-Muqaddimah li-Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī المقدمة لمحمد ابن يوسف السنوسي
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The "preface" of Muḥammad Ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī (1435/6-1490), a work explaining the basic tenets of the Islamic faith with extensive commentary by the same hand. The book was copied by Bubakar Fadika, son of Hā Suwaré.
Selection of Ḥadīth from the collection of Abū Muṭīʿ al-Balkhī
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A work of hadith by Abū Muṭīʿ al-Balkhī (730–814). The colophon gives Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbd Allāh Suwaré, son of Fāṭima Fādakī as the copyist. Further notes on the text on f 101v.
Iʿlam anna wajadnā min anwāʿ al-kufr al-mujammiʿ ʿalayhā faḍlan ʿan al-mukhtalif fīhi fī al-ṭalaba
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A work on fiqh by Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar. Crossings out and marks on f130v-131r. Annotations and translations in Soninke f139r-141r and 152r-169v. Incomplete work.