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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Language Arabic Place Dakar, Senegal

1. EAP1245/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1
Title:
Mountaga Ba
Scope & Content:
Mountaga Ba is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Pate Galo (northern Senegal). Ba’s family holding includes 56 small unbound book manuscripts and paper stacks. The material was mainly authored by the custodian’s father, Muhammad al-Ghāli...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2042 TIFF images

2. EAP1245/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/7
Title:
أضواء على حياة سيد نور تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of Senegalese Sufi leader Seydu Nuuru Taal. The author traces Taal's genealogy as one of Umar Taal's prominent grandsons. It narrates detaiuls about his birth, training, and his political role in colonial Senegal. The author began the book in 1981 and completed it o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1981-1984
Extent:
66 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/8
Title:
بعض القصيدة لمحمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a collection of qasidas about different topics. It contains ten poems. The poems were composed in different places. For example, the first poem was written in Nouackchott, Mauritania. The second in Kayedi, Mauritania, and focuses on Ceerno Ahmad Nene Baba. The collection touche...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/15
Title:
الحمد لله الذ
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was composed by a friend of al-Ghali Ba, Abubakry Sy, who was an ambassador of Senegal in Nigeria back then. It contains two qasida poems totalling all 11 pages. The first is a praise poem to Prophet Muhammad and was completed on December 12, 1988. The second was also written in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
12 Dec 1989
Extent:
10 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/19
Title:
ديوان عبنل وازيل
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of Islamic exegetical texts originally authored by Mahmud Dia of the village of Pete. The text explores both the levels of Islamic knowledge in both literal and mystical dimensions. The present manuscript was handcopied by a Pulaar scholar named Abu Muhammad Adama Samba Dial...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
May 1982
Extent:
111 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/21
Title:
طااريقفؤتا طور
Scope & Content:
This file contains two manuscripts composed both by Muhammad al-Ghāli Bah. The first manuscript recounts the history of Futa Toro based on local Muslim oral tradition. The second manuscript, entitled "Qilayatul Marjānī khadiyatul li’ahidhi tariqatul tijānī", explores the knowledge and rules unde...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
53 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/22
Title:
تفسراتل حبئبل فنئ
Scope & Content:
Details the biography of Morroccan Sufi guide Muhammad al Habib. It also describes the esteem that Senegalese Tijani authorities have for the descent of the order's founder, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani. Détaille la biographie du guide soufi marocain Muhammad al Habib. Il décrit également l'estime qu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Nov 1978
Extent:
17 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/24
Title:
إل حاج مؤاج المردي
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a set of biographies detailing the lives of famous Islamic guides in the Futa Toro region. The first section covers the biography of Al Hajj Mu'aj of the village of Marda, in northern Senegal. The second section outlines the life achievements Ibn Ibādī. The texts outline infor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19 Jan 1978
Extent:
57 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/1/28

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/28
Title:
التاريح طارإبراهيما ضات
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Islamic scholar Ahmadu Ibrahima Dat of the village of Ndioum, Senegal. It is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Africa. Ce manuscrit est une biographie de l'érudit islamique Ahmadu Ibrahima Dat du village de...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/29
Title:
بيتنا هايارا
Scope & Content:
This document was created by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. The author wrote the poem in honor of his friend, Muhammad al-Amīn Busū of the village of Mboumba, Senegal.The poem praises the qualities of Busū as well as their friendship. Ce document a été créé par Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. L'auteur a écrit le ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1982
Extent:
3 TIFF images