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Language Arabic Place Mecca, Saudi Arabia

1. EAP913/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1
Title:
Infa Yattara Family Library Collection
Scope & Content:
This project offers a representative sample of 50 Arabic manuscripts from the Infa Yattara Family Library currently housed in a private facility in Bamako, Mali. It consists of various works in the Islamic sciences, literature, medicine, Qur’an, historical documents as well as treatises in esote...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and French
Date Range:
1313-1963
Extent:
1338 TIFF images

2. EAP913/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/7
Title:
فضائل مكة والمدينة
Scope & Content:
This text discusses the special nature of the holy city of Mecca. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22; Text box size (cm): text fills page; Lines per page: n/a. Condition: minor ink smudging; text unaffected Lined paper with hole punches; brown ink; vocalization; crossed out errors; so...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

3. EAP913/1/38

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/38
Title:
مكتوب في الخغرافية
Scope & Content:
These folios offer a schematic map of the sacred precinct (Haram) in Mecca with the kabba in the centre. Surrounding the diagram which is oriented to the cardinal direction are descriptions of Mecca and locations of important features of the sacred precinct. Page size (cm) (width and height): ;...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
6 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/32

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32
Title:
Issa Diante Manuscipt Collection
Scope & Content:
Issa Diante’s archives consist of nine collections, including seven bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collections, one bilingual Arabic-Wolof collection, and one collection of classical Arabic texts. The materials deal with an array of religious and non-religious subjects. The documents reflect th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Wolof
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
325 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/32/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/2
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts II
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu II. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of numerous documents, including two originally translated from Arabic into Mandinka Ajami to help local readers understand their contents in their own language. The documents include papers that...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
47 TIFF images

6. 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

7. EAP1245/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/1
Title:
الجوهر اللامع في مدح الشافع صلي الله عليه وسلم
Scope & Content:
As explained by the manuscript holder, the original author wrote the manuscript during one of his many stays in northern Nigeria where he had Sufi followers and friends. He used paper provided to him by the Directopr's office at the Alfa Umaru Ibrahim Institute (Northern Nigeria). The manuscript...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
46 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/3
Title:
قصيد ة تاريخية عن الحاج عمر تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the original hand written by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghāli Ba. The poem describes the life of Al-Hajj Umar Taal. It provides details about the patron's birth, his childhood, his education, adulthood, his rallying call to the people to Allah, his travels, his jihad campaigns in West ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/1/40

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/40
Title:
الحج وهكامو
Scope & Content:
This manuscript documents a speech composed by the author when he served as the head of Senegal's national commission for Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Senegalese pilgrims would listen to this speech three times in Mecca. Ce manuscrit documente un discours composé par l'auteur lorsqu'il était à l...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1991
Extent:
31 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/1/43

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/43
Title:
التاريح محمد بوكار قان
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains several dcuments composed by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. Its first portion details the biography of Islamic teacher Muhammad Bokar Kan. The second section is a poem about Alfa Hashimiyyu. The manuscript includes text written in unknown character. Ce manuscrit contient plusieu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
37 TIFF images