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EAP1245/1/3
- Record Id:
- 040-004253789
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004253786
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147916354.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1245/1/3
- Title:
- قصيد ة تاريخية عن الحاج عمر تال
- Additional Titles:
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Qasīdatun Tarqīyatun al-Hajj Umar Tāl
Poem on the History of Al-Hajj Umar Tāl
- Scope & Content:
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The manuscript is the original hand written by Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghāli Ba. The poem describes the life of Al-Hajj Umar Taal. It provides details about the patron's birth, his childhood, his education, adulthood, his rallying call to the people to Allah, his travels, his jihad campaigns in West Africa, his entrance in the Deghebere (today's Mali) and his death in 1864.
Le manuscrit est écrit par Cheikh Muhammad Al-Ghāli Ba. Le poème décrit la vie d'Al-Hajj Umar Taal. Il fournit des détails sur la naissance de Umar Taal, son enfance, son éducation, son adolescence, son appel de ralliement au peuple à Allah, ses voyages, ses campagnes de jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest, son entrée dans la ville de Degembere (aujourd'hui Mali) et sa mort en 1864.
Extent: 1 manuscript containg 18 pages.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 20cm, width 15cm, depth 0,5cm.
Condition of original material: Dusty before digitization, foxing marks on the paper but manuscript is readable.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Muhammad al-Ghāli ba.
Scribe(s): Muhammad al-Ghali ba.
Related countries: Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Guinea.
Related regions: West Africa, North Africa and Arabia.
Related towns/cities: Touba (Guinea), Adamawa (Nigeria), Cairo (Egypt), Madina, Makka (Saudi Arabia).
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004253786
040-004253789 - Is part of:
- EAP1245/1 : Mountaga Ba
EAP1245/1/3 : قصيد ة تاريخية عن الحاج عمر تال - Hierarchy:
- 032-004253786[0003]/040-004253789
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1245/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 18 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1245-1-3
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Former External References:
- 3
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: The West African Research Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Family of Mountaga Ba
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Pate Galo, Senegal
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)