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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Subject Qur'an Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP1245/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1
Title:
Mountaga Ba
Scope & Content:
Mountaga Ba is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Pate Galo (northern Senegal). Ba’s family holding includes 56 small unbound book manuscripts and paper stacks. The material was mainly authored by the custodian’s father, Muhammad al-Ghāli...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2042 TIFF images

2. EAP1245/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2
Title:
MadaniSenegal
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected both from Dakar (Senegal). The MadaniSenegal collection includes 8 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 2949 pages. The books are of different sizes. Some of the manuscripts are originals wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1786-1962
Extent:
2948 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/1
Title:
جواهر المعاني
Scope & Content:
The present manuscript was created by a Fulani scholar whose name remains unknown. The copy was based on a manuscript composed by Najlu Bintu Safwata Abdul Mutallib. Najlu had, in turn, copied his version from a text originally authored by Sidi Ali Harazim Baradah of Egypt. Baradah's original te...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
420 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/2
Title:
حلة السير في مدح سيد الوري
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was composed by Fulani scholar Muhammad Jamraabal bun Mu’adh of Fuuta Jalon (Guinea) in 1219Hijri/1804BC. It is a copy of another manuscript originally written by North African scholar Muhammad al-Masrii. The custodian’s late father, Muntaga Tall, is listed as the owner of the doc...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
151 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/3
Title:
وصايا احمد التجاني
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a collection of letters scripted by Umar Taal. The location and dates of scripting are unspecified. It contains handwritten copies of original correspondances written by the founder of the Tijaniyya Sufi Brotherhood, Shaykh Ahmed al-Tijani, during the early years of his arriva...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
369 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/4
Title:
جواهر ودرر
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was written by Thierno Mountaga Taal (1914-2007). The author indicates he had received authorization to undertake the project from Saydu Nuru Taal (Senegal) and Shaykh Muhammad Hafiz bun Abdullahi al-Misriiyii Tijani (Egypt). From the original start date to the end, the writing to...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1962
Extent:
560 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/5
Title:
شرح تحفة المودود
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was composed by a Fulani scholar of the Taal family. It is a handwritten copy of an original poem composed by Abu Abdurahmān Muhammad bun Abdullahi bun Mālik. It was completed on the 6 of the Islamic month of Muharram 1201 (Hijri) / October 29, 1786. The name of the script is unkn...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
29 Oct 1786
Extent:
354 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/6
Title:
سفينة السعادة
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a copy of a another manuscript composed originally by Fulani Islamic leader Al-Hajj Umar Taal (ca. 1794 - 1864) sometime between and 1863. The current manuscript was copied by Shaykh Ahmad Ndiaye aka Demba Raabi from the town of Ndioum, Futa Toro (northern Senegal). According ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1 Nov 1905
Extent:
312 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/7
Title:
جواهر المعاني
Scope & Content:
According to the custodian, tht manuscript was composed by a Fulani scholar, who was also a disciple in the Taal family. It is a copy of another manuscript originally composed by Najlu bintu Safwata Abdul Mutalib. Najlu copied his manuscript from a text originally created by Sidi Ali Harazim Bar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1799?
Extent:
516 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/8
Title:
تحفة الاحكام في مسائل التداعي و الاحكام
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a commentary on a book originally written by Imam Abu Hassan Aliyi Ibn Khasim a-Zakkaasī. It was copied by Muhammad bun Abd al-Salaam, then by Umar Tāl. In the manuscript, Al-Salaam does not provide the dates or the place where he wrote the manuscript. According to the custodi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
266 TIFF images