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Project / Collection Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/1 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP1042/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/1
Title:
Celebrating Prophet Muhammad
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Biniiboo. The manuscript is a long poem that praises Prophet Muhammad. It celebrates his virtues and retraces his life and the history of his family. It highlights how he overcame the numerous challenges he faced as he sought to spread Islam. According to the owner, Fode L...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
354 TIFF images

2. 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

3. 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

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