Search

Project / Collection The Yattara Family Library, Timbuktu Subject Poetry

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 It consists of various works in the Islamic sciences, literature, medicine, Qur’an, historical documents as well as treatises in esote...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. EAP913/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/8
Title:
ديوان النابغة
Scope & Content:
Portion of a collection of poems by one of the last pre-Islamic Arabian court poets. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 23; Text box size (cm): 13 x 15; Lines per page: 9. Condition: good condition; no text loss; minor smudging and water staining Text in two columns; some interlinear ann...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

3. EAP913/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/16
Title:
قصيدة في مدح النبي
Scope & Content:
A poetical text in praise of the Prophet Muhammad Page size (cm) (width and height): 21 x 27; Text box size (cm): varies; Lines per page: varies. Condition: minor tearing and staining Preface and post-script written in ballpoint pen; introduction spans across page; two-column verses; heavily ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13 Aug 1963
Extent:
17 TIFF images

4. EAP913/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/24
Title:
عقيدة الأوجلي
Scope & Content:
A text on Islamic doctrine rendered in verse. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22; Text box size (cm): 11 x 16.5; Lines per page: 12. Condition: minor tearing and folding on edges; no text loss. Preliminary invocation on cover page; prose introduction followed by two-column poetry ver...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

5. EAP913/1/28

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/28
Title:
المنظمة الجزائرية
Scope & Content:
A poetical work discussing God (Islam) and aspects of worship, faith and doctrine. Page size (cm) (width and height): 15.5 x 21; Text box size (cm): 13.5 x 18; Lines per page: 12. Condition: staining and smudging; some tearing and folding on edges; minor text loss. Black ink with brown vocali...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
32 TIFF images

6. EAP913/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/29
Title:
تخميس الوسائل المتقبلة في مدح خير البريّة
Scope & Content:
A poetical amplification of a work in praise of the Prophet Muhammad that was widely circulated in Muslim West Africa. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22; Text box size (cm): 13.5 x 19.5; Lines per page: 12. Condition: tearing and staining on edges; minor text loss Extensive interline...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

7. EAP913/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/30
Title:
المقدمة الأجروميّة
Scope & Content:
A famous text in Arabic grammar set in verse. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22.5; Text box size (cm): 11.5 x 15.5; Lines per page: 8. Condition: minor tearing and folding on edges; some smuding with minor text loss on final pages Black ink with brown highlights; catchwords; some pag...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

8. EAP913/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/31
Title:
قصيدة في الأدب الجاهلي
Scope & Content:
A poetical work treating the literary works of the pre-Islamic era. Page size (cm) (width and height): 12.5 x 17; Text box size (cm): 9 x 15; Lines per page: 13. Condition: water staining with some text loss Brown ink; two-column text with red dots dividing columns; heavily marginally and int...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

9. EAP913/1/36

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/36
Title:
قصيدة في مدح السعيدة فاطمة
Scope & Content:
A poetical work in praise of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter, Fatimah. Page size (cm) (width and height): 9 x 11.5; Text box size (cm): 6.5 x 9.5; Lines per page: 9. Condition: good condition; minor fading and smudging Red and black ink; some pages with double-lined red border or brown border...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2nd half of the 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images