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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1245/1 Name al-Ghali, Muhammad, Political and Religious Figure in Senegal and Mauritania, 20th century 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. EAP1245/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/4
Title:
العيد في كوار
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a qasida composed by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. The manuscript opens with a text of acknowledgement dedicated to God, Prophet Muhamad and his sahaba (companions). It is a praise description of the author's beautiful experience during the celebration of Eid al fitr (end-of-Ramadan f...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
5 May 1989
Extent:
4 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/5
Title:
قصيدة في مدح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is essentially a praise poem dedicated to Prophet Muhammad. The poem is based on one meter and rhyme. Towards the end, it incorporates a few lines borrowed from famous Senegalese Sufi Sufi leader Abdoul Aziz Sy of the Tijaniyya Muslim Brotherhood. Le manuscrit est essentiellement...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Dec 1978
Extent:
12 TIFF images

5. 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

6. EAP1245/1/7

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

7. EAP1245/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/8
Title:
بعض القصيدة لمحمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a collection of qasidas about different topics. It contains ten poems. The poems were composed in different places. For example, the first poem was written in Nouackchott, Mauritania. The second in Kayedi, Mauritania, and focuses on Ceerno Ahmad Nene Baba. The collection touche...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/9
Title:
قصاءد لشيخ محمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
This volume contains seven poems handwritten by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. According to the author's son, Mountaga Ba, the poems were probably composed in the mid-1970s a time when the author lived in Mauritania, while working at the country's national radio station and serving as a special counsel t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 1970s
Extent:
61 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/10
Title:
أحزاب السياسية في موريتانيا
Scope & Content:
This manuscript includes correspondences and one article. The correspondences had been destined to several people. The article was written back when the author, Muhammad al-Ghali, was working at Mauritania' s National Radio. The article addresses the political situation of Mauritania in the 1980...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1980s
Extent:
7 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/11
Title:
أحزاب السياسية في موريتانيا
Scope & Content:
This is a manuscript by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. It contains an analysis of the political parties in Mauritania. The first page provides a geographical description of Mauritania. It discusses parties such as An wisaaqu al-Muritani (Unity in Mauritania). This first Mauritanian political party was cr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 1980s
Extent:
28 TIFF images