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...
This manuscript documents a speech composed by the author when he served as the head of Senegal's national commission for Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Senegalese pilgrims would listen to this speech three times in Mecca. Ce manuscrit documente un discours composé par l'auteur lorsqu'il était à l...
This file contains two manuscripts composed both by Muhammad al-Ghāli Bah. The first manuscript recounts the history of Futa Toro based on local Muslim oral tradition. The second manuscript, entitled "Qilayatul Marjānī khadiyatul li’ahidhi tariqatul tijānī", explores the knowledge and rules unde...
This is a manuscript by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. It is poem written in ghazal style and it praises the Sufi tradition of spiritual seclusion, which the author describes as a way of knowledge acquisition. Il s'agit d'un manuscrit de Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. C'est un poème écrit dans le style ghazal et...
This manuscript is a heterogenous collection of mystical work and an essay copied from an original. It is incomplete and was composed by Ahmad bun Shaykh Muhammad , Muhammad al-Ghāli Bah, and an unknown author. The content deals with Islamic knowledge, praise poetry, Sufi esotericism. Ce manusc...
This is a collection of Islamic exegetical texts originally authored by Mahmud Dia of the village of Pete. The text explores both the levels of Islamic knowledge in both literal and mystical dimensions. The present manuscript was handcopied by a Pulaar scholar named Abu Muhammad Adama Samba Dial...
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...
This manuscript is a biography of Islamic scholarMuhammad Baba of the village of Doumga, in Senegal. It is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Africa. Ce manuscrit est une biographie du savant islamique Muhammad Baba du village de Doumga, au ...
This manuscripts contains two collections of praise poetry composed in honor of Islamic leader Mountaga Tāl and his lineage. The first was composed by an unknown author. The second was authored by Muhammad al-Ghāli Bah in the village of Boghe, in Mauritania. Ce manuscrit contient deux recueils ...
This manuscript is a mixed collection of biographical and mystical notes authored by Muhammad al-Ghāli Bah. The biography details the life of the author's father named Mamadu Al-Amin Bah. Ce manuscrit est une collection mixte de notes biographiques et mystiques rédigées par Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba...