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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/53 Language Arabic Place Guinea, Africa

1. EAP1042/53

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53
Title:
Seckou Barro Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains: classical Arabic poems (including copies of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry) with commentaries and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami; Mandinka Ajami poetry; Islamic jurisprudence texts dealing with various subjects (including marriage law); Quranic exegesis; and, texts on th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1507 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/53/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/10
Title:
أبو محمد القاسم بن علي بن محمد بن الحريري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Quranic Exegesis and Arabic Language Text by Al-Ḥarīrī of Basra. Contains two manuscripts. The first one is a Quranic exegesis with comments and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The second manuscript is a copy of a classical Arabic text dealing with the Arabic language...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
149 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/53/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/14
Title:
Legal Texts with Glosses
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sartoolu Minnu Faranfansita. The manuscript is written in Arabic with extensive comments and glosses in Arabic and Soninke. The manuscript deals with various legal subjects, including marriage law. It was copied by Ba Kajali Barro of Fouta-Touba in Guinea Conakry, a son of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
201 TIFF images