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Project / Collection The Yattara Family Library, Timbuktu

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 It consists of various works in the Islamic sciences, literature, medicine, Qur’an, historical documents as well as treatises in esote...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

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/1
Title:
القرآن
Scope & Content:
Begins with Qur'anic verse [2:22] and ends with beginning of verse [18:82]. Page size (cm) (width and height): 16.5 x 21.5; Text box size (cm): 11 x 15; Lines per page: 16. Condition: mold; water staining; tearing; minor text loss Vocalization in red ink; catchwords; marginal annotations and ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
315 TIFF images

3. EAP913/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/2
Title:
القرآن
Scope & Content:
Begins with Surat al-Fatiha [1] and ends with Surat al-An'am [6:107]. Page size (cm) (width and height): 12 x 18; Text box size (cm): 8.5 x 16; Lines per page: 15. Condition: good condition; minor tearing on first pages Dark brown ink; catchwords; inner bifolios intact; clear hand; not vocali...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
176 TIFF images

4. EAP913/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/3
Title:
القرآن
Scope & Content:
Begins in middle of Surat al-Maun [107] and continues through final surah. Page size (cm) (width and height): 11 x 17.5; Text box size (cm): 11 x 16; Lines per page: 13. Condition: tears; minor water staining; folding Purpleish ink with red vocalization; catchwords. Incomplete with consecuti...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

5. EAP913/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/4
Title:
كتاب في النصيحة ابليس
Scope & Content:
Portion of a text on religious practice and sin, literally advice concerning the Devil. Page size (cm) (width and height): 16.5 x 21.5; Text box size (cm): 15 x 18.5; Lines per page: 18. Condition: some loss of text at top of pages; water staining One marginal correction; vocalization of cert...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

6. EAP913/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/5
Title:
مختصر في العبادات
Scope & Content:
Portions from text(s) regarding Islamic ritual practice. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17.5 x 22.5; Text box size (cm): 13 x 18; Lines per page: 11. Condition: some water staining, folding, and tearing; minor text loss Black and pinkish ink; vocalized; catchwords; decorated "فصل"; prefac...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
43 TIFF images

7. EAP913/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/6
Title:
جواهر بني ادام
Scope & Content:
A text on Islamic ethics popular in West Africa whose title translates to "Jewels of the People of Adam". Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22; Text box size (cm): 14 x 18; Lines per page: 13. Condition: minor water staining and smudging on edges; text unaffected except on final folio C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
7 TIFF images

8. 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

9. 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

10. EAP913/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/9
Title:
عقيدة السنوسي
Scope & Content:
A widely read and cited doctinal text used by Islamic scholars. Page size (cm) (width and height): 17 x 22; Text box size (cm): 13 x 19; Lines per page: 15. Condition: good condition; very minor staining; no text loss Mostly black ink with highlighted text in brown; vocalization; catchwords; ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
11 TIFF images