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1. EAP071/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/1/1
Title:
Hālatunnabi
Scope & Content:
Hālatunnabi is a popular text in the Muslim community of the Silcar region. According to the poet, the text in manuscript form was completed in 1262 Bengali Era (1853 Common Era). It narrates, in 'Payār' and 'Tripodi' verse, the story of Creation and writes in detail the life of the Prophet Muha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
218 Tiff images

2. EAP071/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/1/2
Title:
Hālatunnabi
Scope & Content:
Hālatunnabi is a popular text in the Muslim community of the region of Śilcar. According to the poet, the text in manuscript form was completed in 1262 Bengali Era (1853 Common Era). It narrates, in 'Payār' and 'Tripodi' verse, the story of Creation and writes in detail the life of the Prophet M...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
278 Tiff images

3. EAP071/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/1/3
Title:
Khabar Niśān Khabar Niśān
Scope & Content:
The text is a work on religion and spirituality, dealing with religious theories and spiritualism in the form of songs. Profound thoughts are expressed in simple terms and reflect Sufi philosophy, often through the imagery of Rādhā-Krisna. The songs describe the concept of the reunion of the lov...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
84 Tiff images

4. EAP071/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/2/1
Title:
Hālatunnabi
Scope & Content:
Hālatunnabi is a popular text in the Muslim community of the region of Silcar. According to the poet, the text in manuscript form was completed in 1262 Bengali Era (1853 Common Era). It narrates in 'Payār' and 'Tripodi' verse the story of creation and writes in detail the life of the Prophet Muh...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
243 Tiff images

5. EAP071/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/2/2
Title:
Śāhidé Kārbālā Śāhidé Kārbālā
Scope & Content:
This popular text narrates the exploits of Hamifā, particularly at the Battle of Kārbālā. The original volume is a printed edition. The text is fragmented. The title page and pages 161-166 are missing. The physcial book measures 123mm x 203mm. The main text is found on pages 13-449 and this is ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
430 Tiff images

6. EAP071/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/3/1
Title:
Śitalāng Phakirer Rāg
Scope & Content:
This text contains songs about Sufism and its development in the region of Kājidahar, Sonāi. The author of the songs is Śitalāng Śāh who changed his name from Muhhamad Salimullāh after renouncing the world and becoming a Phakir (a wanderer). It is believed that Śitalāng Śāh was born sometime bet...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
58 TIFF images

7. EAP071/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/4/1
Title:
Jamnāmā
Scope & Content:
"Jam" is a Persian word meaning "battle" or "war" and the Jamnāmā is a story of wars and battles. The volume contains a narrative poem and Jāri songs. The poem recounts the battle of Kārbālā which took place in Muharram 10, in the year 61 of the Islamic calendar (680 CE), fought between the gran...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
443 Tiff images

8. EAP071/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/4/2
Title:
Hālatunnabi
Scope & Content:
Hālatunnabi is a popular text in the Muslim community. According to the author (who is unknown because the title page is missing), the story was completed in 1262 Bengali Era (1853 CE). It is narrated in 'payār' and 'tripoli' verses and explains the story of Creation. It also describes in detail...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
230 Tiff images

9. EAP071/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/4/3
Title:
Surmān Āli Khaliphār Gān
Scope & Content:
Surmān Āli Khaliphā wrote down and copied a number of songs into this volume. It was given to Āmirul Islām Laskar who considered Surmān Āli to be his 'dharmaguru', or spiritual guide. The original volume is hand written in red and blue ink and is undated. The page direction of the text is from ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
171 Tiff images

10. EAP071/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/5/1
Title:
Puthi Daphéul Hujat Puthi Daphéul Hujat
Scope & Content:
The title of this volume means 'the end/solution of a discourse/debate'. The volume is a religious text which follows the śariat in describing forty macalā or religous propositions. The intricate religious discourse is presented in a simple way for the benefit of ordinary people. At the end of t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
106 Tiff images