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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Subject Commentaries

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. EAP1245/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/4
Title:
العيد في كوار
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
5 May 1989
Extent:
4 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/9
Title:
قصاءد لشيخ محمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
This volume contains seven poems handwritten by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. According to the author's son, Mountaga Ba, the poems were probably composed in the mid-1970s a time when the author lived in Mauritania, while working at the country's national radio station and serving as a special counsel t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 1970s
Extent:
61 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/14
Title:
قولوا معي
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains writings by Muhammad al-Ghali. It has four qasida poems and 2 speeches written in Nouakcott, Mauritania. The first qasida reflects on the acquisition of independence in Mauritania, which the author portrays as a liberation era for Mauritanian people. The second qasida tal...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
19 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/1/42

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/42
Title:
إتوبتو واجيباتون
Scope & Content:
This document is a commentary composed by an unknown author. It discusses mandatory forgivess in Islam as something that worshippers must seek. Ce document est un commentaire composé par un auteur inconnu. Il traite du pardon obligatoire dans l'Islam comme quelque chose que les fidèles doivent ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

6. EAP1245/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/3
Title:
MadaniMali
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and originally collected from Koniakari (Mali). The MadaniMali collection includes 3 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 1545 pages. They differ in sizes. One manuscript is originally written by Al Hajj ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1829-1901
Extent:
1148 TIFF images

7. EAP1245/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/3/1
Title:
باب وهو جزء الثاني من المجموع
Scope & Content:
This is a handwritten copy by one of the followers of Al Hajj Umar Taal. It is a copy of a book originally written by Muhammad bun Muhammad bun Al-Masrī. The place of writing is not mentioned. The manuscript is the second volume of a previous volume. The content of the manuscript is diverse. It ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14 Apr 1898
Extent:
290 TIFF images