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Name Taal, Al Hajj Umar, Islamic leader, 19th century Place Mali, Africa

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. EAP1245/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/6
Title:
سفينة السعادة
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a copy of a another manuscript composed originally by Fulani Islamic leader Al-Hajj Umar Taal (ca. 1794 - 1864) sometime between and 1863. The current manuscript was copied by Shaykh Ahmad Ndiaye aka Demba Raabi from the town of Ndioum, Futa Toro (northern Senegal). According ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1 Nov 1905
Extent:
312 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/3
Title:
MadaniMali
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and originally collected from Koniakari (Mali). The MadaniMali collection includes 3 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 1545 pages. They differ in sizes. One manuscript is originally written by Al Hajj ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1829-1901
Extent:
1148 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/3/2
Title:
الرماح حزب الرحيم علي نحور حزب الرجيم
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was composed by Al Hajj Umar Tāl and was completed on the third day of a month of Ramadan of the Islamic year 1244/1230. According to notes from the custodian, the manuscript's completion date is included in the text but is only encoded in the manuscript's title through some Arab...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
9 Mar 1829
Extent:
513 TIFF images