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Project / Collection The Yattara Family Library, Timbuktu Place Mecca, Saudi Arabia

1. EAP913/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1
Title:
Infa Yattara Family Library Collection
Scope & Content:
This project offers a representative sample of 50 Arabic manuscripts from the Infa Yattara Family Library currently housed in a private facility in Bamako, Mali. It consists of various works in the Islamic sciences, literature, medicine, Qur’an, historical documents as well as treatises in esote...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and French
Date Range:
1313-1963
Extent:
1338 TIFF images

2. EAP913/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/7
Title:
فضائل مكة والمدينة
Scope & Content:
This text discusses the special nature of the holy city of Mecca. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22; Text box size (cm): text fills page; Lines per page: n/a. Condition: minor ink smudging; text unaffected Lined paper with hole punches; brown ink; vocalization; crossed out errors; so...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

3. EAP913/1/38

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/38
Title:
مكتوب في الخغرافية
Scope & Content:
These folios offer a schematic map of the sacred precinct (Haram) in Mecca with the kabba in the centre. Surrounding the diagram which is oriented to the cardinal direction are descriptions of Mecca and locations of important features of the sacred precinct. Page size (cm) (width and height): ;...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
6 TIFF images