سلام عليكم بدر متمم [Salām ʿalaykum badru metamamu]
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Date
2011
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Zite, Mohammed Hassan
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OA Version
Citation
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
The manuscript is a eulogy for the Prophet Muhammad. It describes love for the Prophet, and longing for him, written the way a lover describes his love, and especially before they venture on the Hajj.
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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 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 should 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. The manuscript is handwritten in a dayplanner on the pages for June 28-June 13, 2011. The manuscript ends part way through the final page. Unrelated text on the bottom half of the page has been covered. The creation date is approximate. 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. The manuscript is handwritten in a dayplanner on the pages for June 28-June 13, 2011. The manuscript ends part way through the final page. Unrelated text on the bottom half of the page has been covered. The creation date is approximate. Photographed in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
License
These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).