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

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. EAP1245/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/6
Title:
تاريخ الحاج عمر فوتيو
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of Fulani Islamic leader Al Hajj Umar Taal (ca. 1794/7-1864). It narrates episodes in the birth, education, travels, and jihad campaigns of Al Hajj Umar Taal. Le manuscrit est une biographie du chef islamique peul Al Hajj Umar Taal (vers 1794 / 7-1864). Il raconte ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
44 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/30
Title:
ةازيهي موهاداراتون قايييماتون
Scope & Content:
This document is a speech composed by Muhammad al-Ghāli Bā. The speech describes the author's involvement in a project of Islamic education in Nigeria. it discusses the benefits of teaching-learning the Qur'an. Ce document est un discours composé par Muhammad al-Ghāli Bā. Le discours décrit l'i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
19 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/33

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/33
Title:
التاريخ محمذ بابا
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Islamic scholarMuhammad Baba of the village of Doumga, in 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 du savant islamique Muhammad Baba du village de Doumga, au ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/34

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/34
Title:
التاريح الحج ماليك سي
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Islamic leader Al Hajj Malig Si of Senegal. The author biographed here is the founder of the Sy branch of Tijaniyya based in the city of Tivaouane. It is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Africa. Ce manuscr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
16 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/35
Title:
التاريح إلفا حاسهيمييو تال
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Alfā Hashimiyyu Tāl, one of the sons of Islamic leader Umar Tāl who had settled in Medina, in Saoudi Arabia. It is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Africa. Ce manuscrit est une biographie d'Alfā Hashimiyyu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
11 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/1/41

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/41
Title:
التاريح الجامع
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains several reports about the travels of Islamic guide Mountaga Tāl in the Fūta region. It names the villages visited and enumerates Tāl's deeds during his visits in every locality in Fūta. Ce manuscrit contient plusieurs rapports sur les voyages du guide islamique Mountaga...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
22 Jul 1986
Extent:
70 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2
Title:
MadaniSenegal
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected both from Dakar (Senegal). The MadaniSenegal collection includes 8 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 2949 pages. The books are of different sizes. Some of the manuscripts are originals wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1786-1962
Extent:
2948 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/6
Title:
سفينة السعادة
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a copy of a another manuscript composed originally by Fulani Islamic leader Al-Hajj Umar Taal (ca. 1794 - 1864) sometime between and 1863. The current manuscript was copied by Shaykh Ahmad Ndiaye aka Demba Raabi from the town of Ndioum, Futa Toro (northern Senegal). According ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1 Nov 1905
Extent:
312 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/3
Title:
MadaniMali
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and originally collected from Koniakari (Mali). The MadaniMali collection includes 3 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 1545 pages. They differ in sizes. One manuscript is originally written by Al Hajj ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1829-1901
Extent:
1148 TIFF images