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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1245/2 Subject History

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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