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EAP1245/1/16
- Record Id:
- 040-004253802
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004253786
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147916371.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1245/1/16
- Title:
- Ibn ibādi
- Additional Titles:
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The Son of Ibādi
- Scope & Content:
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The manuscript was composed by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. It contains two pamphlets. The first is about the life of Ahmad Ibn Ibādi popularly known as Ceerno Hammadi Mali Si. The author wrote the biography of Ibn Ibādi, a blind man from Senegal's Fūta region to show that there had been non-Arab knowledgable scholars in sub-Saharan Africa as well. According to the author, Ibn Ibādi was ccomparable to Dhaha Hussein, a blind well-known scholar from Eastern Arabia. The other pamphlet is an original hand written poem by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba entitled 'The Golden necklace'. It is a gift to the followers of Tijaniyya.
Le manuscrit a été composé par Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. Il contient deux brochures. Le premier concerne la vie d'Ahmad Ibn Ibādi populairement connu sous le nom de Ceerno Hammadi Mali Si. L'auteur a écrit la biographie d'Ibn Ibādi, un aveugle de la région de Fūta au Sénégal, pour montrer qu'il y avait également des érudits non arabes bien informés en Afrique subsaharienne. Selon l'auteur, Ibn Ibādi était comparable à Dhaha Hussein, un savant aveugle bien connu d'Arabie orientale. L'autre brochure est un poème original écrit à la main par Muhammad al-Ghali Ba intitulé «Le collier d'or». C'est un cadeau aux adeptes de Tijaniyya.
Extent: 1 manuscript containing two pamphlects. The first pamphlect on Ibn Ibādi is21 pages. The second pamphlect, a poem entitled 'The Golden Necklace' is 17 pages.
Size and dimensions of original material: Pamphlect 1: Height 30cm, width 21 cm; Pamphlect 2, Some pages are height 27cm width 20cm, some pages are height 22cm width 18cm.
Condition of original material: Edges are ripped with yellow patches on pages but document readable.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba.
Scribe(s): Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba.
Related countries: Senegal; Mauritania.
Related regions: West Africa; Eastern Arabia.
Related towns/cities: Cikitte; Madina.
- 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
040-004253802 - Is part of:
- EAP1245/1 : Mountaga Ba
EAP1245/1/16 : Ibn ibādi - Hierarchy:
- 032-004253786[0016]/040-004253802
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1245/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 39 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1245-1-16
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1977
- End Date:
- 1977
- Date Range:
- 1977
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Former External References:
- 16
- 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)