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911. EAP1042/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/2
Title:
الاخضري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the popular Mālikī jurisprudence text known as Al-Akhdarī, which is used across Muslim West Africa. Al-Akhdarī, is based on the name of the Algerian scholar, Abū Yazīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Muḥammad ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
84 TIFF images

912. EAP1042/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/3
Title:
Solutions to Problems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaararaŋo. This collection contains five different texts. The first one consists of prayers designed to help people achieve social mobility. This text is a manual of special prayers and techniques for finding solutions to people's social problems, including love....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
64 TIFF images

913. EAP1042/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/2/1
Title:
مقامات الحريري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Maqāmāt Al-Ḥarīrī with Extensive Glosses. The manuscript is a copy of Maqāmāt Al-Ḥarīrī, with extensive glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The book is widely known among Arab and Muslim scholars. It was written by Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Ali al-Ḥ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
805 TIFF images

914. EAP1042/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/2/2
Title:
History of Bounkiling in Arabic
Scope & Content:
A contemporary Arabic document, which deals with the history of the town of Bounkiling, the arrival of Islam, and the communities that first settled in the area. It also discusses the Quranic schools in the area and their curriculum. Custodial history: The owner wrote the text based on his rese...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

915. EAP1042/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/3/1
Title:
Collection of Mandinka Ajami Poems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwoolu. Contains a collection of several short poems. One poem discusses the rituals to perform when settling in a new place or house and also gives tribute to a deceased friend. In another poem, Seydi Souane (the father of the owner of the documents) expre...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

916. EAP1042/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/2
Title:
Recipes for Fortune, Prayers, Incantations, and Divination Records
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Naafulu Soto, Duwaaraŋo, Saalaaloolu, aniŋ Juubeeraŋo. This collection encompasses several genres of texts including: prayers in Arabic; recipes for happiness and wealth; esoteric diagrams with Arabic text inside of them, and explanations of their purpose along with instruct...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
97 TIFF images

917. EAP1042/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/4
Title:
Divination
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Juubeeraŋo. The manuscript deals with divination techniques. The techniques are used by Mandinka marabouts (local religiousl leaders and healers) in order to diagnose the supernatural or natural causes of people’s challenges or ailments, to prescribe appropriate remedies, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
22 TIFF images

918. EAP1042/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/5
Title:
Incantation
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Saalaaloo. The manuscript belongs to the genre called Saalaaloo (incantation) in Mandinka. These incantatory texts are common in Mandinka communities as they are common in other West African Muslim societies. They are meant to be recited. They are used for protection from ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
1985
Extent:
10 TIFF images

919. EAP1042/4/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/6
Title:
Guide for Muslims
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Misilmeyaa Keeñaa. The manuscript includes two poems praising Prophet Muḥammad in Arabic, with interlinear and marginal glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The poems recount the different phases of Muḥammad’s life, how he overcame the challenges he faced, and his achievem...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
184 TIFF images

920. EAP1042/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/5/1
Title:
Collection of Arabic Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Kitaaboolu. Contains a collection of manuscripts, which were written on different types of papers and deal with a variety of subjects. The subjects discussed in the manuscripts include prayers and Arabic grammar. One manuscript deals with the Islamic version of c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
189 TIFF images

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