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1. EAP1042/53

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53
Title:
Seckou Barro Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains: classical Arabic poems (including copies of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry) with commentaries and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami; Mandinka Ajami poetry; Islamic jurisprudence texts dealing with various subjects (including marriage law); Quranic exegesis; and, texts on th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1507 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/53/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/15
Title:
Arabic Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of a poem written in classical Arabic, which includes extensive glosses in Arabic and a few in Soninke Ajami. It was authored by ‘Umar Ibn al-Wardī. It was copied by Kang Drame. Custodial history: The owner inherited it from his...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/53/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/12
Title:
امْرُؤُ الْقَيْسِ
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Umru' al-Quays. The manuscript is a copy a poem by Umru' Al-Qays who lived in the 6th century AD. He is considered the father of Arabic poetry. His work is well known in Mandinkla scholarly communities. The poem is written in classical Arabic with glosses in Arabic and Son...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
61 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/53/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/2
Title:
Arabic Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original devotional Arabic poem authored by Abū ‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Abdullah. It was copied by the Mandinka scholar, El-hadji Sankoung Barro, the oldest son of Kemo Barro Diang. The poem deals with numerous Islamic topics an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
55 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/53/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/18
Title:
Arabic Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. This manuscript is a copy of an Arabic poem with glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. It was copied by Mouhamadou Barro, a son of Kemo Barro Diang. Custodial history: The owner inherited it from his father. Extent and format of original material: 12 pa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/53/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/16
Title:
تفسير الجلالين
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Tafsīr al-Jalālayn with Bilingual Glosses. The manuscrript contains the first part the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, an exegesis of the Quran modeled on the one produced by a teacher and his student who are both named Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (death date 1459) and his student,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
417 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/53/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/7
Title:
الاخضري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the popular Mālikī jurisprudence text known as Al-Akhdarī, which is used across Muslim West Africa. The title, Al-Akhdarī, is based on the name of the Algerian scholar, Abū Yazīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
60 TIFF images

8. EAP1042/53/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/11
Title:
Arabic Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is a devotional poem written in Arabic with comments and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. It was copied from the original by Salihu Drame also known as Kang Drame from the village of Diannah, Sédhiou. He was a student of the owner’s gr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

9. EAP1042/53/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/1
Title:
الهمزية
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Hamziyya with Mandinka Ajami Glosses. The manuscript is a poem written to praise Prophet Muḥammad. It is written in Arabic with extensive glosses in Mandinka Ajami. It is a panegyric poem called Qaṣīda al-Hamziyya (rhymes with the Arabic letter Hamza), which was composed b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
66 TIFF images

10. EAP1042/53/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/13
Title:
Collection of Three Islamic Texts
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Londi Kitaabu Saba. Contains three manuscripts written in classical Arabic with comments and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The first manuscript is a copy of a devotional poem authored by Abū Ismā‘īl Husayn. It was copied by Mouhamadou Barro, a son of Kang Barro Dian...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images