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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/53 Language Mandinka Subject Islam

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. EAP1042/53/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/1
Title:
الهمزية
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Hamziyya with Mandinka Ajami Glosses. The manuscript is a poem written to praise Prophet Muḥammad. It is written in Arabic with extensive glosses in Mandinka Ajami. It is a panegyric poem called Qaṣīda al-Hamziyya (rhymes with the Arabic letter Hamza), which was composed b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
66 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/53/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/4
Title:
Poem by Al-Ilbīrī with Mandinka Glosses
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a copy of the Arabic original written by Abū Isḥāq al-Ilbīrī (d.1067/1068), a poet and a Mālikī jurist, who lived in al-Andalus in the 11th century. He is well known in the Muslim world for his poem on the benefits of seeking knowledge and the conduct that seekers of knowledge...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
19 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/53/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/6
Title:
Correcting Prayers and Purification Shower in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sali Dadaaraŋo aniŋ Janaaba Kuuwo. Contains a collection of notes on how to correct mistakes made in Islamic ritual prayers and how to wash oneself after sexual intercourse. Custodial history: The owner wrote the texts for his students. Extent and format of original mate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
7 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/53/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/7
Title:
الاخضري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the popular Mālikī jurisprudence text known as Al-Akhdarī, which is used across Muslim West Africa. The title, Al-Akhdarī, is based on the name of the Algerian scholar, Abū Yazīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
60 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/53/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/9
Title:
Short Mandinka Ajami Poems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suuku Ndiŋ. Contains two short Mandinka Ajami texts. The first one is a poem asking for God’s protection, and the second is a devotional poem praising Prophet Muḥammad. Custodial history: The owner copied the texts from the original documents written by his gr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images