Jazbul Majzuub

Abstract

The material is a collection of Arabic and Wolofal (Wolof Ajami) poems by Serigne Samba Diarra Mbaye (1870-1917). There are more Arabic poems than Wolofal in the material. Wolofal poems include page 208-211, 364-369, and 387; Arabic and Wolof poems include 374-376; and Arabic poems include 212-363, 370-373, and 377-386, among others. The themes discussed in the material include praises dedicated to Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, his spiritual stature, his traits, and blessings and miracles, among others. Based upon the interview with Serigne Abdoulaye Sarr, the current owner of the material, these poems were written in Mauritania around 1903 when the poet visited his spiritual guide (Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba) who was exiled there by the French colonial administration from 1903 and 1907.

Serigne Abdoulaye Sarr is an eminent Murid scholar with a school in Guet Ndar, Saint-Louis, Senegal. He was was born in 1939 in Saint-Louis and did his quranic and Islamic studies in Guet Ndar, Saint-Louis. He was a disciple of the leading Murid scholar Serigne Bara Diaw Sarr of Guet Ndar. Serigne Abdoulaye Sarr has also studied under Serigne Mouhammadou Lamine Diop-Dagana, one of the prominent disciples of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba in Diourbel. He worked as a civil servant in the water management department of the Senegalese goverment before resigning to devote his life and efforts to his Murid school in Guet Ndar, Senegal. He is a teacher, writer, and specialist of Murid Ajami poetry, especially of Serigne Mbaye Diakhate and Serigne Samba Diarra Mbaye. He received the materials from Serigne Ahmadou Diop-Murid, a fellow Murid disciple and scholar.

Digitized on 14 November 2011.

Despite the age of the documents and ink stains, all pages are readable. Red, black and purple inks are used in the material. The red ink is used for vocalization and for key words and phrases. A blue pen is also used on some pages.