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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/45
Title:: al-kawākib al-duriyyat fī madḥ Khayr al-bariyyat: eulogy
Scope & Content:: Poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad known under the name of ''Burda''. The poem constitutes the principal reading matter at Maoulud in Djenné. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 46 pages mm 214x162mm. Physical characteristics of original: traces of humidity
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 48 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/46
Title:: Manẓūmat fῑ ‘ulūm al-dῑn: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: An explanation of the 5 pillars of Islam, their meaning, their practises and their merits in the form of a poem. Author: ‘Abd al-raḥmān b. ‘aly al-sanūsῑ. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 74 pages mm 224x170mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1915
Extent:: 78 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/47
Title:: Kitāb al-durri wal-tiryāq fī ‘ilm al-awḍā‘a wal-awfāq: Philology
Scope & Content:: Instructions on Arabic rhandoric. Scribe: Bāba Traore ibn al-barāk Traore. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 14 pages mm 230x175mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in good condition
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 16 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/48
Title:: Kiāb al-tarsīl: Literature
Scope & Content:: Instructions on how to write letters in different circumstances of life. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 18 pages mm 225x168mm. Physical characteristics of original: Last folio damaged
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 20 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/49
Title:: Kitāb fīh fiqh al-dīn wa ‘ādāb ṭalab al-‘ilm: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: On the virtue of knowledge, the conditions and behaviour necessary to observe to achieve the knowledge and the virtues of the religious sages. Scribe: Al-mukhtār maygha bun ‘abd al-qādir bun ‘affān. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 26 pages mm 225x172mm. Physical chara...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 28 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/50
Title:: Kitāb bayān al-tiryāq fī sharḥ al-durar wa al-tiryāq: Esoteric
Scope & Content:: On specific magic tables: how to trace these as well as the virtues of their use. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 36 pages 227x177mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in good condition
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 38 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/51
Title:: Kitāb ‘arba‘at jawāḥir: Sermon
Scope & Content:: Instructions by means of Prophetic traditions on four virtues: Reason, Religion, Quiandness and Good Works. Scribe: ‘abd al-qādir bun ‘affān. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 8 pages mm 220x160mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in good condition
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/52
Title:: Al-muqaddimat al-‘ajarūmiyya: Philology
Scope & Content:: On the categories of words and their declination, commentary in the margin. Author: Abū ‘abdillaḥ Muhammad bun Dāwūd al-ṣanhājī. Extent and format of original material: Watermarked paper difficult to identify 16 pages 210x140mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some torn edges
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 18 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/53
Title:: Maktūb fī al-du‘ā: Invocation
Scope & Content:: Invocations to be protected against evil. Extent and format of original material: Watermarked paper difficult to identify, 16 pages 210x135mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in good condition
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/54
Title:: Kitāb ḥadīth al-shafā‘a wa dhikr al-nushūr wa al-maḥshar : Sermon
Scope & Content:: The manuscript speaks of the Day of Resurrection. Extent and format of original material: Watermarked paper:human figure in the middle of a circle 10 pages 206x150mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in good condition
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 12 digital images

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