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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1245/1 Language Arabic Subject Commentaries

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. EAP1245/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/4
Title:
العيد في كوار
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a qasida composed by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. The manuscript opens with a text of acknowledgement dedicated to God, Prophet Muhamad and his sahaba (companions). It is a praise description of the author's beautiful experience during the celebration of Eid al fitr (end-of-Ramadan f...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
5 May 1989
Extent:
4 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/9
Title:
قصاءد لشيخ محمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
This volume contains seven poems handwritten by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. According to the author's son, Mountaga Ba, the poems were probably composed in the mid-1970s a time when the author lived in Mauritania, while working at the country's national radio station and serving as a special counsel t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 1970s
Extent:
61 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/14
Title:
قولوا معي
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains writings by Muhammad al-Ghali. It has four qasida poems and 2 speeches written in Nouakcott, Mauritania. The first qasida reflects on the acquisition of independence in Mauritania, which the author portrays as a liberation era for Mauritanian people. The second qasida tal...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
19 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/42

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/42
Title:
إتوبتو واجيباتون
Scope & Content:
This document is a commentary composed by an unknown author. It discusses mandatory forgivess in Islam as something that worshippers must seek. Ce document est un commentaire composé par un auteur inconnu. Il traite du pardon obligatoire dans l'Islam comme quelque chose que les fidèles doivent ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images