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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP071/21 Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme

1. EAP071/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/21
Title:
Umar Āli Ahmed Collection of Texts in Sylhét Nāgri Script
Scope & Content:
This Collection comprises digital copies of two texts, copied as part of the EAP071 Archiving texts in Sylhét Nāgri script project. The texts have been copied from original hand written books. Both are undated and written in Bengali in Sylhét Nāgri script. The texts are concerned with theologica...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2 files comprising 376 Tiff images

2. EAP071/21/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/21/1
Title:
Kālām Darbéś
Scope & Content:
'Kalām Darbéś', or 'Sayings of Darvish', written in Sylhét Nāgri is a religious text in which a devoted Muslim desires to know what constitutes a 'true' Mussalmān. He sings the glory of Allah and enquires about the rituals of Islam (that is, the secret elements of practising Islam). Presented in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
139 Tiff images

3. EAP071/21/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP071/21/2
Title:
Nu[ū]r Nachihat
Scope & Content:
This is a religious text written in 'payār' verse (a metrical system of Bengali poetry in which each line consists of fourteen letters or syllables). It describes a philosophical discourse based on Sufism as adapted to the Sonāi, Cāchār region in Āssam. Often the philosopher-poet speaks in secre...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
237 Tiff images

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