اللهم صل على محمد يا عالم الهدى سابي كانت زندا [Allāhu masali alaMuhammad yālamahudā sābuñ kantu zandā]
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Date
1972
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Zite, Mohammed Hassan
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Adugna, G., Dwyer,R., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2021). African Ajami Library: Amharic Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/39804.
Abstract
This manzuma expresses the longing (ናፍቆት, nafqot) to be with Allah. It uses some words and phrases in the Amharic language that relate especially to the Gondar region.
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The entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact open-help@bu.edu. Fieldwork Team: Gabeyehu Adugna (Principal Investigator), Rachel Dwyer (Principle Investigator) Ahmed Tayib (Local Project Manager), Muhammed Jawad (Boston Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and the Former Director of African Studies Center), Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries), and Ethan Key (Intern, BU Libraries). The fieldwork team would like to thank the following individuals and institutions who provided vital assistance in facilitation and consultation during fieldwork: Dr.Endris Mohammed, Professor, Addis Ababa University Linguistics Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Hussein Kassim Mohammedsani, PhD candidate. Addis Ababa University Linguistics Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Council, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Additional thanks to to the staff of the Rahnile Hotel in Bahir Dar.
This collection of Amharic Ajami manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center's African Ajami Library.
Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).
Materials in this web edition may be cited as: Adugna, G., Dwyer,R., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2021). African Ajami Library: Amharic Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/39804. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).
Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned by Ahmed Tayib of Debre Tabor, Ethiopia. Ahmed Tayib is the son of the author. This is an original work written by Mohammed Hassan Zite in 1965 EC (1972 CE/AD). The author had studied in several regions of Ethiopia, including the Dana mosque, in Tigray, and in Yajju areas. He was a teacher in Bahir Dar, and now, in his nineties, lives in the Begemder region. Handwritten manuscript on ledger lined paper using black ink (marker?) for the rasm and i'jam, but including blue ink (ball point pen?) for the harakat (vowel diacritics). The title uses a character for "ñ" which is a "ي" with an additional dot. Photographed in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned by Ahmed Tayib of Debre Tabor, Ethiopia. Ahmed Tayib is the son of the author. This is an original work written by Mohammed Hassan Zite in 1965 EC (1972 CE/AD). The author had studied in several regions of Ethiopia, including the Dana mosque, in Tigray, and in Yajju areas. He was a teacher in Bahir Dar, and now, in his nineties, lives in the Begemder region. Handwritten manuscript on ledger lined paper using black ink (marker?) for the rasm and i'jam, but including blue ink (ball point pen?) for the harakat (vowel diacritics). The title uses a character for "ñ" which is a "ي" with an additional dot. Photographed in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
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These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).