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

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. EAP1245/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/31
Title:
التاريح صأيد نور طال
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Islamic scholar Sa'id Nūr Tāl who served historically as the marabout of the French colonial administration. 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 islam...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1981
Extent:
27 TIFF images

3. 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

4. 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