Risālat fī al-naṣīḥat min Muḥammad b. al-Mukhtār b. Aḥmad b. Abūbakr ilā Aḥmad Lobbo (Ḥamda Lāh): Correspondence.
Scope & Content:
A letter sent by Muhammad bun Almukhtar to Ahmad Lobbo about good governance. He gives him advice on the good treatment of his subjects, he draws his attention to the heavy responsibility of the ruler in front of his men and God. He exhorts him to take as models his predecessors as well as giving...
Treatise on the succession of the kings of Soudan and their reigns. The manuscript is not complete. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscript 14 pages 185x145mm. Physical characteristics of original: Light humidity damage
Poem praising the Prophet Muhammad, known under the name of 'Alburda''. The poem constitutes the second most important of the communal reading materials during Maoulud à Djenné. Author: Abūbakr Muḥammad Ibn Muhīb Ibn Mufaḍḍal M: 1230. Scribe: Badra Kira b. Alfā Muḥammad Kira (brother of ‘Abduraḥm...
Poem praising the Prophet Muhammad known as ''Bun Muhiib''. The poem constitutes the principal communal reading material at Maoulud in Djenné. Author: Muḥammad B. Sa‘īd B. Ḥumād al-Būṣayrī al-Ṣanhājī M: 1294. Extent and format of original material: paper manuscript 32 pages 220x170mm. Physical ch...
