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1021. EAP1042/46/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/46/1
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwo. Contains a collection of two recently written devotional poems written in Mandinka Ajami by Mouhamadou Moro Badjinka. The themes discussed in the poems include the creation of humanity, earth, the environment, the advent of Islam and Prophet Muḥammad, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
9 TIFF images

1022. EAP1042/47/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/2
Title:
Solutions to Problems I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaaraŋo I. The manuscript is a photocopy of a part of a bilingual manual dealing with techniques to solve people's problems using what Mandinka scholars call: Ismoo (Arabic: name). The word refers to the use of names of God, Prophets, Jinns, and other supernatura...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
28 TIFF images

1023. EAP1042/47/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/5
Title:
Book of Purification
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Seneyandiraŋ Kitaaboo. The document is inspired by an original Arabic text by Muḥammad al-Sanūsī dealing with Islamic rituals, including ways to cleanse oneself after intercourse and ablutions. The original Arabic document was translated in Mandinka to allow Ajami users to...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

1024. EAP1042/47/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/8
Title:
My Friend, Listen!
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Teeroo I Tuloo Loo. The manuscript includes two poems. The first is written in Mandinka Ajami and deals with religious ethics. The second one, which is written in Arabic, is incomplete. It praises God and urges the faithful to prepare for their life in the hereafter by liv...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

1025. EAP1042/48/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/48/1
Title:
بنات سعاد
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Old Copy of Banāt Su‛ād with Glosses. The manuscript is a copy of an ancient Arabic poem by Ka'b bin Zuhair, a famous Arab poet, who initially was one of the fiercest critics of Prophet Muḥammad. His criticisms had put him in grave danger of losing his life. He finally rep...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
95 TIFF images

1026. EAP1042/52/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/52/1
Title:
The Quran with Glosses in Arabic and Soninke
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋo aniŋ Soninkekaŋo Alkuraana Fasaro. The manuscript is an old copy of the Quran with extensive glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. It was written by Aboubacar Solly, the grandfather of the current owner. Custodial history: The owner inherited it from his father....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1457 TIFF images

1027. EAP1042/53/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/1
Title:
الهمزية
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Hamziyya with Mandinka Ajami Glosses. The manuscript is a poem written to praise Prophet Muḥammad. It is written in Arabic with extensive glosses in Mandinka Ajami. It is a panegyric poem called Qaṣīda al-Hamziyya (rhymes with the Arabic letter Hamza), which was composed b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
66 TIFF images

1028. EAP1042/53/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/2
Title:
Arabic Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original devotional Arabic poem authored by Abū ‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Abdullah. It was copied by the Mandinka scholar, El-hadji Sankoung Barro, the oldest son of Kemo Barro Diang. The poem deals with numerous Islamic topics an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
55 TIFF images

1029. EAP1042/53/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/4
Title:
Poem by Al-Ilbīrī with Mandinka Glosses
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a copy of the Arabic original written by Abū Isḥāq al-Ilbīrī (d.1067/1068), a poet and a Mālikī jurist, who lived in al-Andalus in the 11th century. He is well known in the Muslim world for his poem on the benefits of seeking knowledge and the conduct that seekers of knowledge...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
19 TIFF images

1030. EAP1042/53/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/6
Title:
Correcting Prayers and Purification Shower in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sali Dadaaraŋo aniŋ Janaaba Kuuwo. Contains a collection of notes on how to correct mistakes made in Islamic ritual prayers and how to wash oneself after sexual intercourse. Custodial history: The owner wrote the texts for his students. Extent and format of original mate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
7 TIFF images

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