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EAP334/13/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002501006
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002501005
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023012690.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP334/13/1
- Title:
- Jazbul Majzuub (Praising the Owner of Touba in Wolof Ajami) [c 1907]
- Scope & Content:
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The material is a collection of Wolof Ajami poems (Wolofal) of Serigne Samba Diarra Mbaye (1870-1917). There are insertions of Arabic words, phrases, and prayers, including in openings and closings. The material contains numerous poems, including praises dedicated to Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba and his contribution to the country of Senegal, his miracles in Mauritania, and the qualities of Cheikh Ibra Fall and how he surpassed his peers, among others. Based upon the interview with Serigne Abdoulaye Sarr, the owner of the material, these poems were written in Saint-Louis, Senegal around 1907.
Physical characteristics of original material: Despite the age of the documents and ink stains, all pages are readable. Red, black and purple ink are used in the material. The red ink is used for vocalization and for key words and phrases. A blue pen is also used in some pages.
1 set of bound paper manuscripts of 192 pages. Date of orginal: c 1907
Author: Serigne Samba Diarra Mbaye. Scribe: unknown. Language: Wolof (with some Arabic words and phrases in religious contexts, 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:
- 032-002501005
040-002501006 - Is part of:
- EAP334/13 : Serigne Abdoulaye Sarr Collection
EAP334/13/1 : Jazbul Majzuub (Praising the Owner of Touba in Wolof Ajami) [c 1907] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002501005[0001]/040-002501006
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP334/13
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder containing 192 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP334-13-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
Wolof - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1902
- End Date:
- 1912
- Date Range:
- c 1907
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held at Serigne Abdoulaye Sarr's, Saint-Louis, Senegal
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)