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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/38
Title:: Maktūb fī al-wa‘ẓ wa al-irshād: Sermon
Scope & Content:: A sermon in the form of a poem which talks about good manners and practises in life. Author: ‘Ali b. ‘ abdallah al-wa‘īẓī (Abū al-Ḥasan). Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 8 pages mm 210x150mm. Physical characteristics of original: Lightly damaged by insects and traces ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/39
Title:: Kitāb al-maqāmāt al-ḥarīrī: Philology
Scope & Content:: The manuscript deals with language and techniques of expression. Notes in the margin andbetween the lines in Fulfulde and Sonhrai. Author: Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Muḥammad Ibn ‘Uthmān al-Ḥarīrī al-Baṣrī. Extent and format of original material: Several types of paper both with and witho...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Fulah, and Songhay
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 429 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/40
Title:: Qiṭ‘at kitāb fī al-fiqh: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: A fragment of some folios on Islamic law. Commentaries in the margins and between the lines. Extent and format of original material: Paper water marked with 2 circles surmounted by a cross and 2 lions.34 pages 205x150mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some folios missing at the beginning a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/41
Title:: Kitāb ta‘bīr al-ru’yā:Interpretation of dreams
Scope & Content:: How to interpret dreams. Author: Muḥammad b. Sīrīn. Scribe: copié pour Wadī‘at allā jabāté b. Alfā ‘umar jabāté. Extent and format of original material: Watermarked paper difficult to identify 36 pages 195x135mm. Physical characteristics of original: Lightly damaged by insects and traces of humidity
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1770
Extent:: 38 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/42
Title:: Nahjat al-marḍiyya fī sharḥ al-‘alfiya: Philology
Scope & Content:: Commentary on the well known work on grammar known as alfiya. Notes in margins and between the lines. Scribe: Al-shaykh al-mukhtār Būnā. Extent and format of original material: Watermarked paper difficult to identify 784 pages 195x135mm. Physical characteristics of original: Some torn folios, tra...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 789 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/43
Title:: Juz’ul awwal min mukhtaṣar khalīl: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: A part of the clebrated work of Islamic Jurisprudence called khalīl. It gives instructions on commercial , the partition of inheritance etc. Notes in the margins and between the lines. Author: Khalīl b. isḥāq b. mūsā b. shu’ayb al-jundī (ḍiyā’ al-dīn) M. 1374. Extent and format of original materi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 519 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/44
Title:: Sharḥ kitāb manhaj al-masālik fī alfiyat bun mālik: Philology
Scope & Content:: Commentary on the well known work on grammar known as alfiya Notes in margins and between the lines. Scribe: Almukhtār bun uthmān bun al-rashīd bun Mūsā bun Muḥammad bun abū bakr bun ‘abdil jalīl yūsuf fūti abā māsini. Extent and format of original material: watermarked paper but difficult to ide...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 359 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/45
Title:: al-kawākib al-duriyyat fī madḥ Khayr al-bariyyat: eulogy
Scope & Content:: Poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad known under the name of ''Burda''. The poem constitutes the principal reading matter at Maoulud in Djenné. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 46 pages mm 214x162mm. Physical characteristics of original: traces of humidity
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 48 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/46
Title:: Manẓūmat fῑ ‘ulūm al-dῑn: Jurisprudence
Scope & Content:: An explanation of the 5 pillars of Islam, their meaning, their practises and their merits in the form of a poem. Author: ‘Abd al-raḥmān b. ‘aly al-sanūsῑ. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 74 pages mm 224x170mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1915
Extent:: 78 digital images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP879/55/47
Title:: Kitāb al-durri wal-tiryāq fī ‘ilm al-awḍā‘a wal-awfāq: Philology
Scope & Content:: Instructions on Arabic rhandoric. Scribe: Bāba Traore ibn al-barāk Traore. Extent and format of original material: unwatermarked paper. 14 pages mm 230x175mm. Physical characteristics of original: The manuscript is in good condition
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 16 digital images

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