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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1245/1 Language Arabic Place Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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. EAP1245/1/1

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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