Ibrahima Sagna Manuscript Collection
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Item Images of manuscript owner Ibrahima Sagna(2018-10-03) Ngom, IbrahimaImages of manuscript owner Ibrahima Sagna in Mankonomba, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in October 2018.Item Tafsīr al-Jalālayn with Bilingual Glosses (Part II)Part II of an Arabic manuscript, which is a copy of the second part of the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, a classical exegesis of the Quran widely used in Sunni Muslim communities. It was made by a teacher, his student named Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (death date 1459) and his student, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (death date 1505). The manuscript includes Arabic and Soninke Ajami glosses.Item Tafsīr al-Jalālayn with Bilingual Glosses (Part I)Part I of an Arabic manuscript, which is a copy of the first part of the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, a classical exegesis of the Quran widely used in Sunni Muslim communities around the world. It was made by a teacher, his student named Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (death date 1459) and his student, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (death date 1505). The manuscript includes Arabic and Soninke Ajami glosses.Item Biniiboo: Celebrating Prophet MuḥammadDianko, Ibrahima BabaThe manuscript is an old copy of an Arabic panegyric poem that praises Prophet Muḥammad. It contains numerous glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The poem was written by the owner’s grandfather, Ibrahima Baba Dianko.Item Mandinkakaŋ Leetaroolu: Mandinka Ajami LettersContains a collection of personal correspondences in Mandinka Ajami between family members living in different parts of Senegal. The letters discuss various family-related subjects, including financial issues.Item Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwo: Mandinka Devotional PoetryDabo, SitokotoThe manuscript is a copy of a devotional Ajami poem written by Sitokoto Dabo (1857-1971), the most famous Mandinka Ajam poet of Senegambia. The poem praises Prophet Muḥammad and celebrates his achievements.Item Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwolu: Mandinka Ajami Poems by Sitokoto DaboDabo, SitokotoContains a collection of several recent copies of poems by Arfang Sitokoto Dabo (1857-1971), the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poems reflect Dabo’s curriculum vita (his initial Islamic education and subsequent pursuit of advanced knowledge) that explains why he became the most celebrated poet of the Mandinka people. He was born in Oudoucar, in the region of Sedhiou, and received part of his advanced Islamic education in Diao-Soukouto, where he spent many years. Afterwards, he moved to Brikama in The Gambia, where he lived until his death. He was an important Mandinka poet and thinker who produced numerous poems dealing with religious and non-religious subjects in Mandinka Ajami. His poems are widely known in Senegambian Mandinka communities.