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EAP1042/42/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003460278
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460275
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085288889.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1042/42/3
- Title:
- New Manuscript
- Additional Titles:
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Kitaabu Kutoo
- Scope & Content:
-
Transliterated title: Kitaabu Kutoo.
An new Arabic-Mandinka Ajami bilingual text, which includes various types of prayers and the number of times to recite them as well as formulas to address local social preoccupations, including how to be wealthy and famous. While the prayers and formulas are written in classical Arabic, the instructions on how to use them are generally written in Mandinka Ajami. Dual literacy in classical Arabic and Ajami is necessary to understand all the content of the manuscript.
Custodial history: The owner received it from his teacher, Seckou Kaloga, who is an Islamic scholar and a Quranic teacher in Thies, Senegal.
Extent and format of original material: 21 pages.
Physical characteristics: Unbound manuscript.
Owner(s) of original material: Malang Kouyate.
Author(s) of original material: Seckou Kaloga.
Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460275
040-003460278 - Is part of:
- EAP1042/42 : Malang Kouyate Manuscript Collection
EAP1042/42/3 : New Manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003460275[0003]/040-003460278
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1042/42
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 21 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-42-3
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
Mandinka - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 14.69103
- Longitude (Decimal):
- -17.47111
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Physical Characteristics:
- Unbound manuscript.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Senegal, as part of the private collection of Malang Kouyate.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)