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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Place Medina, Saudi Arabia Level [40] File

1. EAP1245/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/1
Title:
الجوهر اللامع في مدح الشافع صلي الله عليه وسلم
Scope & Content:
As explained by the manuscript holder, the original author wrote the manuscript during one of his many stays in northern Nigeria where he had Sufi followers and friends. He used paper provided to him by the Directopr's office at the Alfa Umaru Ibrahim Institute (Northern Nigeria). The manuscript...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
46 TIFF images

2. EAP1245/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/3
Title:
قصيد ة تاريخية عن الحاج عمر تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the original hand written by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghāli Ba. The poem describes the life of Al-Hajj Umar Taal. It provides details about the patron's birth, his childhood, his education, adulthood, his rallying call to the people to Allah, his travels, his jihad campaigns in West ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/6
Title:
تاريخ الحاج عمر فوتيو
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of Fulani Islamic leader Al Hajj Umar Taal (ca. 1794/7-1864). It narrates episodes in the birth, education, travels, and jihad campaigns of Al Hajj Umar Taal. Le manuscrit est une biographie du chef islamique peul Al Hajj Umar Taal (vers 1794 / 7-1864). Il raconte ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
44 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/16
Title:
Ibn ibādi
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was composed by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. It contains two pamphlets. The first is about the life of Ahmad Ibn Ibādi popularly known as Ceerno Hammadi Mali Si. The author wrote the biography of Ibn Ibādi, a blind man from Senegal's Fūta region to show that there had been non-Arab knowl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1977
Extent:
39 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/35
Title:
التاريح إلفا حاسهيمييو تال
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Alfā Hashimiyyu Tāl, one of the sons of Islamic leader Umar Tāl who had settled in Medina, in Saoudi Arabia. It is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Africa. Ce manuscrit est une biographie d'Alfā Hashimiyyu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
11 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/1
Title:
جواهر المعاني
Scope & Content:
The present manuscript was created by a Fulani scholar whose name remains unknown. The copy was based on a manuscript composed by Najlu Bintu Safwata Abdul Mutallib. Najlu had, in turn, copied his version from a text originally authored by Sidi Ali Harazim Baradah of Egypt. Baradah's original te...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
420 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/4
Title:
جواهر ودرر
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was written by Thierno Mountaga Taal (1914-2007). The author indicates he had received authorization to undertake the project from Saydu Nuru Taal (Senegal) and Shaykh Muhammad Hafiz bun Abdullahi al-Misriiyii Tijani (Egypt). From the original start date to the end, the writing to...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1962
Extent:
560 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/5
Title:
شرح تحفة المودود
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was composed by a Fulani scholar of the Taal family. It is a handwritten copy of an original poem composed by Abu Abdurahmān Muhammad bun Abdullahi bun Mālik. It was completed on the 6 of the Islamic month of Muharram 1201 (Hijri) / October 29, 1786. The name of the script is unkn...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
29 Oct 1786
Extent:
354 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/7
Title:
جواهر المعاني
Scope & Content:
According to the custodian, tht manuscript was composed by a Fulani scholar, who was also a disciple in the Taal family. It is a copy of another manuscript originally composed by Najlu bintu Safwata Abdul Mutalib. Najlu copied his manuscript from a text originally created by Sidi Ali Harazim Bar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1799?
Extent:
516 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/8
Title:
تحفة الاحكام في مسائل التداعي و الاحكام
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a commentary on a book originally written by Imam Abu Hassan Aliyi Ibn Khasim a-Zakkaasī. It was copied by Muhammad bun Abd al-Salaam, then by Umar Tāl. In the manuscript, Al-Salaam does not provide the dates or the place where he wrote the manuscript. According to the custodi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
266 TIFF images