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EAP334/9/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002500997
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002500996
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023012685.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP334/9/1
- Title:
- Lenn ci leggeeyub Serigne Mor Kayre (Some of the works of Serigne Mor Kayre)
- Scope & Content:
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The material is a collection of Wolof Ajami poems (Wolofal) of Serigne Mor Kayre (1869-1951). Red and black ink are used in the first set of original manuscripts. The red ink is used to highlight key words and phrases. There are also insertions of Arabic words and phrases, including in opening and closing formulae. The collection contains a hagiography of Prophet Muhammad, his family members, his miracles, a discussion on the battle of Badr, a song dedicated to Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, a discussion on the norms for the construction of a mosque, a tribute to Serigne Modou Moustapha Mbacke (the first khalifa of the Muridiyya order), a tribute to Serigne Moussa Ka (his fellow Murid disciple and poet), and a table of contents summarizing the author's key pieces of work, among others.
Physical characteristics of original material: Due to the age and poor quality of the photocopy of some pages, some lines are a hard to read.Many of Mor Kayre's original work are lost.
1 set of unbound paper manuscript of 70 pages. Date of orginal: unknown
Author: Serigne Mor Kayre. Scribe: Serigne Mor Kayre is the author and scribe of the 17 original pages, but the copyist of the 53 photocopied pages of his work is unknown. Language: Wolof (with some Arabic in religious quotations, prayers, and in the openings and endings of poems). Script of material: Wolof Ajami (Wolofal)
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Digital Preservation of Wolof Ajami manuscripts of Senegal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002500996
040-002500997 - Is part of:
- EAP334/9 : Cheikh Fall Kayre Collection
EAP334/9/1 : Lenn ci leggeeyub Serigne Mor Kayre (Some of the works of Serigne Mor Kayre) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002500996[0001]/040-002500997
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP334/9
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder containing 70 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP334-9-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Wolof - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held at Cheikh Fall Kayre's home, Touba, Senegal
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)