Project / Collection: Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali / Place: Niger, Africa / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1245/1/7
Title:: أضواء على حياة سيد نور تال
Scope & Content:: The manuscript is a biography of Senegalese Sufi leader Seydu Nuuru Taal. The author traces Taal's genealogy as one of Umar Taal's prominent grandsons. It narrates detaiuls about his birth, training, and his political role in colonial Senegal. The author began the book in 1981 and completed it o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1981-1984
Extent:: 66 TIFF images

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