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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Place Niger, Africa Digitised Content Yes (available)

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. EAP1245/1/3

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

3. 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