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Subject Biography Name Muhammad, the Prophet, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/97245226 Place Senegal, Africa

1. EAP1042/54/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/54/1
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu I. Contains a collection of six small documents written in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami. Included is a biography of Prophet Muḥammad and devotional poems that trace and celebrate his origin and achievements. The other documents, which are mostly written in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/58/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/58/4
Title:
Biography of Al-hadji Aliou Kante
Scope & Content:
The document is a biography of Al-hadji Aliou Kante, a Mandinka scholar from Kombo-Sifo in The Gambia. It documents his life, education, and experience with prominent religious scholars he encountered in his lifetime, including Mame Bamba Barro who was a disciple of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke (...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
93 TIFF images

3. 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

4. EAP1245/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/17
Title:
دق مئجم ء ما
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is composed by Mountaga Muhammad al-Ghālī Bā. It is composed of five qasīda poems. The first poem praises the Prophet Muhammad. The second poem is also composed in praise of Prophet Muhammad. The third poem praises Alhajj Umar. The fourth talks about the yearly pilgrimage of Sene...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pulaar
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
25 TIFF images