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31. EAP1042/34/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/34/1
Title:
Emulating the Prophet and the Elders
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ka Kiilaa aniŋ Keebaalu la Siloolu Nooma. Contains a collection of two small Mandinka Ajami poems. The first one is a poem that praises Prophet Muḥammad, celebrate his virtues, and enjoins people to follow his teachings. It was written by El-hadji Amadou Dabo, from Madina-...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
7 TIFF images

32. EAP1042/36

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/36
Title:
Kelountang Thiam Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of four manuscripts. The first one is by Al-Shanfarā al-Azdī, and deals with the story of an outlaw man in the pre-Islamic era seeking revenge. The second text is a classical Arabic poem called Banāt Su'ād by Ka'ab bin Zuhayr, who who was initially one of the fiercest cri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
602 TIFF images

33. EAP1042/40

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/40
Title:
Lamine Diabang Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a Mandinka Ajami manuscript, which deals with the history of the Mandinka communities of Kaabu in Guinea Bissau and those in the Kombo region of The Gambia. Extent and format of original material: 1 file. Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
65 TIFF images

34. EAP1042/40/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/40/1
Title:
Kombo and Kaabu History
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kombo Niŋ Kaabu Tariikoo. The manuscript provides the origin of the different Mandinka family names and the migrations of the Mandinka people of Kaabu in Guinea Bissau to southwestern Gambia, which resulted in the Kombo Mandinka communities. The document also deals with in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
65 TIFF images

35. EAP1042/58

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/58
Title:
Youssouph Demba Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of four manuscripts. The first two Ajami manuscripts deal with divination techniques, which are very popular among Mandinka scholars. The third is a famous Mandinka Ajami poem, and the fourth is a typed Arabic document dealing with the biography of a prominent Mandinka re...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
139 TIFF images

36. 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

37. 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

38. EAP1245/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/8
Title:
بعض القصيدة لمحمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a collection of qasidas about different topics. It contains ten poems. The poems were composed in different places. For example, the first poem was written in Nouackchott, Mauritania. The second in Kayedi, Mauritania, and focuses on Ceerno Ahmad Nene Baba. The collection touche...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

39. IOR/L/PS/10/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/110
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic :- Muscat Warehouse. Negotiations with France 1907-1911.'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses the arms trade at Muscat and attempts by the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat to prohibit it; also included are reports and discussions from the Conference on Arms Traffic which was being held in Brussels in 1909 at the same time as the discussions in the volume. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1906-25 Aug 1911
Extent:

1 volume (488 folios)

40. IOR/X/12169/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12169/2
Title:
Military Report on the Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia
Scope & Content:
Contents (Outline):Chapter I. Descriptive GeographyChapter II. Physical GeographyChapter III. Ethnography and System of GovernmentChapter IV. HistoryChapter V. Resources, Trade and FinanceChapter VI. Topography and CommunicationsChapter VII. Military Resources and OrganizationChapter VIII. Native...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (108 pages) and 1 sheet map

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