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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Place Mali, Africa

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. EAP1245/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/2
Title:
قصيد ة في طريقة التجانية
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a handwritten copy of the original written by Ibn Baabu Al-alawi. It is a poem in praise of Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijān. The manuscript was acquired by Muhammad al-Amin Ba in the year 1929 who passed it on to his son Muhammad Al-ghāli Ba (d.1991). Specifically, it touches on the sta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
62 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/3
Title:
قصيد ة تاريخية عن الحاج عمر تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the original hand written by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghāli Ba. The poem describes the life of Al-Hajj Umar Taal. It provides details about the patron's birth, his childhood, his education, adulthood, his rallying call to the people to Allah, his travels, his jihad campaigns in West ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/6
Title:
تاريخ الحاج عمر فوتيو
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of Fulani Islamic leader Al Hajj Umar Taal (ca. 1794/7-1864). It narrates episodes in the birth, education, travels, and jihad campaigns of Al Hajj Umar Taal. Le manuscrit est une biographie du chef islamique peul Al Hajj Umar Taal (vers 1794 / 7-1864). Il raconte ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
44 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/7
Title:
أضواء على حياة سيد نور تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of Senegalese Sufi leader Seydu Nuuru Taal. The author traces Taal's genealogy as one of Umar Taal's prominent grandsons. It narrates detaiuls about his birth, training, and his political role in colonial Senegal. The author began the book in 1981 and completed it o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1981-1984
Extent:
66 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/8
Title:
بعض القصيدة لمحمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a collection of qasidas about different topics. It contains ten poems. The poems were composed in different places. For example, the first poem was written in Nouackchott, Mauritania. The second in Kayedi, Mauritania, and focuses on Ceerno Ahmad Nene Baba. The collection touche...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/21
Title:
طااريقفؤتا طور
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
53 TIFF images

8. EAP1245/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/22
Title:
تفسراتل حبئبل فنئ
Scope & Content:
Details the biography of Morroccan Sufi guide Muhammad al Habib. It also describes the esteem that Senegalese Tijani authorities have for the descent of the order's founder, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani. Détaille la biographie du guide soufi marocain Muhammad al Habib. Il décrit également l'estime qu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Nov 1978
Extent:
17 TIFF images

9. EAP1245/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/31
Title:
التاريح صأيد نور طال
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Islamic scholar Sa'id Nūr Tāl who served historically as the marabout of the French colonial administration. It is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Africa. Ce manuscrit est une biographie de l'érudit islam...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1981
Extent:
27 TIFF images

10. EAP1245/1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/35
Title:
التاريح إلفا حاسهيمييو تال
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography of Alfā Hashimiyyu Tāl, one of the sons of Islamic leader Umar Tāl who had settled in Medina, in Saoudi Arabia. It is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Africa. Ce manuscrit est une biographie d'Alfā Hashimiyyu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
11 TIFF images