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ARABIC COLLECTION

We resume in this issue of the Research Review short descriptions of some

of the Manuscripts held at the Institute that have already been catalogued.
Although the work of cataloguing new manuscripts has been slowed down
somewhat in recent months, we hope to be able to quicken the pace in this field
fairly soon. This will enable us to make available to interested scholars, through
the medium of this publication, a check-list of our new entries.
K . O . ODOOM
J . J . HOLDEN.
IASAR/7: ARABIC
Author: Ali b. Muhammad Baraw al-Salaghawi
Title: Fl NAJM DHI DHANAB WA ZALZALA"T SALAGHA
Description: Poem on the dating of the appearance of the comet and that
of the earth quake of Salagha, with praise of Al-Hajj cUmar
Date of work: 1340 A . H . = 1921/22
MS. from: Kete Krakye. 2 Folios.
Other copies: IASAR/I6(xi)/4O8
Notes: The dates given here are those provided by the author's
shaykh al-Haji cUmar of Kete Krakye. According to him
the comet appeared on 21 Shawal 1298 = 16 September, 1881,
and the earth quake in 1309 A . H . = 1891/2

IASAR/11 ARABIC
Author: Muhammad Ibn Mustafa *

Title: ISNAD AL-SHUYUKH WA'L- C ULAMA
Description: Excerpts from Kitab Ghunja
Date of work: 1165 H. =1752.
MS. from: Daboya. 9 Folios
Other copies: IASAR/12; 13; 14. c
Notes: There is an addendum by Imam Umar Konadi b. Imoru,
covering the period 1763 - 66.
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IASAR/16(v?i): ARABIC

Author:
c
Title: A Q l D A AL-SUNNA WA'L-TAWHlD

Description: Poem on tawhid

Date of work: Shawwal 742 AH = 1342 AD (see verses 82-84)

MS. from: Ma lam Baba Ibrahim, of Konongo. 5 Folios.

Other copies:
Notes: pp. 88-97 of IASAR/16

IASAR/16 (ix): ARABIC

C.,-:
Author: Ali B. Muhammad Baraw Al-Salghawi

Title:
Description: QasTda in nun-alif in praise of Ahmad al-Tijani:
with acrostic on name
Date of work: 27 Jumada" I, 1340 = 26 January, 1922

MS. from: Ma lam Baba Ibrahim, of Konongo. 2 Polios

Other copies: IASAR/H2

Notes: pp. 1 0 5 - 1 0 8 of IASAR/16

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IASAR/18: ARABIC

Author;
C
Title; IBTI DA' DlN Fl WA FT ' A M 875 ILLA C AM 1382 HIJRA
Description; Account of the beginnings of Islam in Wa from 1470-1963
Date of work; 1963
MS. from; Imam Siddiq b. c Abd al-Mu'mtn, W a . 1 Folio
Other copies:
Notes: Apparently an abstract by Imam Stddf q of a longer
work, believed to be still extant.

IASAR/23: ARABIC
C
Author; Al-Hajj Umar of Kete Krakye (Attribution)
Title; TUNKUYAWA
Description; Poem on influenza, with a description of symptom
and suggestions for treatment.
Date of work;

MS. from; Kete Krakye. 3 Folios

v
Other copies: IASAR/131; 305. *
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IASAR/32: ARABIC
3- '
Author: Muhammad Al-Walf B. Shaykh_
Sulayman b. Muhammad al-Fulani
Title: AL-MINHAJ AL FARTD FF MACR|FAT
C
ILMAL-TAWHFD
Description: Commentary on Sanusi's Aqidat al-sughra on tawhid

Date of work:
MS. from: Collected by Mahmud Wakkad, probably from Accra.
33 Folios
Other copies Kensdale, p. 12
Notes:

IASAR/38 ARABIC
I

Author: Abu Bakr Murjammad b. Muhammad b. A SIM

AI-MalikT (died 829/1426)
jf

Title: TUHFAT AL-HUKKAM R NUKAT AL-UQUD WA'L-

Jf
AHKAM

Description: Treatise on Maliki law, injxija* metre (with marginal

t. notes)
Date of work:
C
--f MS. from: al-Hajj Abda|lah b. al-Hajj al-Hasan, Friday imam
r* ofYendi. 107 Folios
Other copies See GAL, I I , p.341 (French translation and notes by
Houdas and Martel, 1883 -1892/3
Notes:
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lASAR/44(q): GBANYITO with ARABIC GLOSS

Author? Abu Bakr b. Muhamma Alabira b. Sultan Kumbi
Ibrahim Duthi
Description: Wa'z poem in Gbanyito, with Arabic Gloss
MS. from: Ma lam Abu Bakr b. Muhammad, of Kpandae. 8 Folios
Other copies: IASAR/44
Notes:

IASAR/44 : GBANYITO
Author: Abu Bakr Duthi b. Muhammad Alabira b. Sultan
Kumbi Ibrahim Ibrahim Duthi

Title: WA C Z POEM I N GBANYITO

Dote of work:
MS. from: Ma lam Abu Bakr b. Muhammad, of Kpandae. 7 Folios

Other Copies IASAR/44 (a)

Notes:

IASAR/51: ARABIC
C
Author: Abu Abdallah b. Salama b . J a C f a r b . Muhammad
b. CAlF al-Basr! al-Quda'f
Title: KITABSHIHABAL-DFN MIN AL-HIKMAWA'L-WASAVA
WA'L-MAWA - IZ WA'L-ADAB
Description: Biography of the Prophet

Date of work.' Before 454 AH/1062 A D .

Imam Sa'fd b. qhlmam Adama, Imam of Gambaga. 32rblios.
Other copies: See GAL, 1 , p.419
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IASAR/57 ; ARABIC
Author; Abdallah b. Muhammad

Title; QARUBA AL-SACA C

ALAYKUM
I*
Description; Warning about the Last Day, consequences of bad deeds
and necessity of purification
Date of work; 1374 A H . =1928/29 AD
MS. from; al-Hajj Uthman Ishaq Boyo, Kintampo. 1 Folio
Other copies;

IASAR/64 : ARABIC
Author; Hamid Baba b. Al-Fami b. Umar Al-Jannawi
Title: AWDA"H AL-MAS^LIK ILA FIHM IRSHA"D AL-Salik
Description: Commentary on the IRSHAD AL-SA"LIK IBN CASKAR
(a work on MalFkF law, see GAL, I I , 163 and S,ll 205).
Date of work;
MS. from: Ma lam a I-Hasan Jurumi of Bobo Diou lasso. 1100 Folios.
Foolscap
Other copies:
Notes; Only first three and last three folios xeroxed.
 - * !

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IASAR/74: ARABIC
Author:
Titles
Description i Permission granted to Uthmam b. Ishaq to use the
Tijani wird,signed and stamped by al-Hajj Musa a l -
Quddus, Muqaddam in Tamale; with si Is? la.
Dote of works AH 1366 = 1946/7 AD
C
MS. from: al-Hajj Uthman b. Ishaq Boyo, of Kintampo. 2 Folios

Other copies:
Notes:

IASAR/82 ARABIC

Author:
Titlei
Description: Prayer followed by a Ti|ani guide to the recital of the
prayers So lot al-fatiha and jawharat al-komal

Date of works
- . . cUthman Ishaq Boyo. 2 Folios
al-hajj
MS. from:
Other copies:
Notes s
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IASAR/86; ARABIC
Author; Muhammad b. C Alfal- c Awfr (CGff)
, Title; JA"MICAL-FARA'ID WA'L-SUNNAN

Description.' Composition on the correct observance of the obligations

of Islam, with quotations from classical writers.
Date of work;

MS. from; Ahmad Kamakati, Bonduku. 6 Folios.

Other copies;
IASAR/380
Notes:
This material is possibly an extract from A l - Awf?ya fi
madhhob ol-Malikrya. Cf. GAL.S.11; p.960

IASAR/87; ARABIC
Author: Muhammad ibn al-Shaykh

Titles Ff MADHI SAYYID A L - M U K H T A ^ ^ ,

V
Description; Poem in praise of the Prophet

Date of work;
C
m MS. from; Malam Ibrahfrn ibn AbdalleSr Bamba, Wenchi. 9 Folios

Other Copies;
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IASAR/8& ARABIC
Author.* A|-Ha}| Sa"lih b. Muhammad b.CUthma*n al-Jawanf
. . . .
al-TijanT
Title;
Description; Short Qasi da, explaining the meanings of various obscure
words.
Date of work;
MS. from; Karamo Idris, Banda. 2 Folios
Other copies: IASAR/90
Notes: According to IASAR/90 (which is the TorbT C
of this poem), this work was written as a reply to a
question from the author's pupil Abu Bakr b. a I-Hasan
al-Timitf

IASAR/89 ; ARABIC
Author;
Title; KITA"B AL-NASTHA
Description; On the obligation to study tawhid before proceeding
to tcfefr and ftqh
Date of works
MS. from; Imam Ibrahim b. Mu'min Jiyra of Boromo. 4 Folios. *

Other copies;
Notes! "Owner of boohlbrahfm b. Mu'min nisba Ghlr b. JibrFl
Ghfr, his mother Fatima"
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IASAR/91 ARABIC
Author: Umar Bamba (Attribution)
Title: MAWHUB AL-MANNAN
Description: A long biographical poem in 28 sections (corresponding
to the letters of the Arabic alphabet) in praise of the
Prophet.
Date of work: 3 Ramadan 1279 = 21 Feb. 1863.
MS. from: al-Hajj Abd a I-Rahman Bamba ibn al-Hajj Abdallah

Bamba; Banda. 25 Folios.
Other copies:
Identical with IASAR/68

IASAR/92: ARABIC
C
Author: Umar Bamba (Attribution)
Title: AL-HAMDU LILLAH AL-MUKARRIM WA'L-SHUKR
LILLAH AL-MU C AZZIM

Descfiptibti: Madih Poem in praise of the Prophet, with some account
of ' the 4 Orthodox caliphs.
it

Date of work!
MS. from; Imam SaCfd b. Qadir Bamba, Banda Kankan. 9 Folios.
Other copies: Identical with IASAR/103; 150
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ARABIC
Al-Hajj Umar of Kete Krakye
SUCAD AW ASMA ASDACD AW HAWWA
Qasida in praise of the town of Yendi in Dagomba, its
people and their virtues, and an account of the warm
reception which they gave the poet.
Date of work; A.H. 1335 = 1916
MS. from: Ma I lam Harnna Watara, Bonduku. 5 Folios
Other copies; IASAR/181

IASAR/94 ARABIC
Author;
Title;
Description; Elementary tawh i d
Date of work;
MS. from; af-tfa Uthman b. Ishaq Boyo, of Kintampo.
2 Folios.
. <

Other copies; IASAR/63

Notes: "Owner of rhe book (?) Muhammad b. al-Hasan Kamakati ".
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IASAR/95 ; ARABIC
Author: c -, Watara.
Muhammad b. Ya**qub
*
Title: DURRA AL-THANA 1 'ALA J A B I N AL-KURAMA
Description: Qasida in praise of al-Hajj Salih
al-Jawanf al-Tijanf, who died at Wenchi in 1351/1932-33
Date of work: After 1351 A . H . ?
MS. from: Mai lam Adam Konate Salih, Wenchi. 6 Folios
Other Copies: IASAR/355

IASAR/97: ARABIC
Author;
Title:
Description: Compilation of miscellaneous traditions, with extracts
from the Muslim jurists, and stories from Islamic and
pre-lslamic history.

Date of work:
MS. from; Malam Adam Kunati) of Wench!. 16 Folios.

Other copies:
Notes: "Owner of the book Sa C fd b. al-Hajj Yaqub
Kunati, town of (?) Ghanlr, living in Wenchi.
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IASAR/130; ARABIC
C
Author: Abdallah b. Muhammad b. CUthman Ibn FudF

C
Title; QasTda fi madh aslah ibad Allah

Description; Madi h Poem in praise of the Prophet
Date of work; Jumada 1 1 , 1202 = March/Apr i l l 788
M 5 . from! Kete Krakye. 4 Folios.
Other copies: IASAR/16 (xvii); 227

IASAR/132; ARABIC
Author: Al-Hajj cUmar of Kete Krakye
BARk AL-HAQQ
ription;
A poetical letter addressed to the author's son and
members of the Muslim Community, urging them to
avoid enmity and not to dispute among themselves
because of differences of tribe.
Date of work; 1353 A H . ~ 1932/33
MS. from; Kete Krakye. 2 Folios.
Other copies;

' .#
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IASAR/136 ARABIC

Yusufu

MADlH MUSA"
Poem in praise of Musa Dagomba
who had succeeded his father and
grandfather and brought happiness
to the Dagombas, with a criticism
of those who did not follow him, and
an expression of hope that God may pre-
serve him from the Christians.

Date of Work 13 Muharram 1315 = 14 June 1897

MS. from: Muhammad Limam Thani , Kete Krakye 4 Folios.

IASAR/141 ARABIC
Author:

Description: Silsila for the study of the Qur'an for

c -i
Idris Kuhnatawi b. Ya _qub Kuhnatawi
through various Kurubarf and Saghanughu,
etc v shaykhs.
Date of work;
c -,
MS. from; al-Hajj Idrfs b. Ya qub Kunatay, of
Sunyani. 3 Folios.

Other cbpiesi
Nbtes j
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH REPORTS 44.

IASAR/142 : ARABIC
Authors

Title; -

Description: Silsila for Qadiriya, starting with Shaylch

Abd al-Qadir al-Jilanf, and passing
through. Inter alia Saghanughu shaykhs
Date of work:
MS. from: q M - % Idrft b. Ya Cqub Kunatoy, of Su
5 folio*.
. ' ' " -

Other copies:
Notes:

IASAR/146: ARABIC
Author: Al-Hajj Salih b. Muhammad b. CUthman
al-Jawanf al-Tijan?
Title BISH^RA.
Description: Letter from al-Hajj Salih to Muhammad
c
ibn al-HaJi Abd al-Rahman KunbalF
(by tribe) describing his h a j j , and asking his
greetings to be extended to his Sultan Tan Date
(Gyamanhene)
Date of work?
MS. from l Al-Hajj Ibrahim, Sunyani. 1 Folio
Other copies?
Notes: This letter which was written from Mecca, arrived ort
16 Rabf C U 1328 = 27 April, 1910.
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IASAR/155: ARABIC
Author: Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Hujuji

Title: TAYASSUR A L - A M A N f LI-QIRA'A SHUHADAT AL-JANF
Description: Summary of the work, Shuhadat al-Jani fi ikhtisar

Ahkam fariqat al-TijanT. A work on the rules of

Tijaniyya
Date of work:
MS. from: Al-Hajj Ahmad Baba al-Wa iz Kumasi. 12 Folios

Other copies:
Notes: The work breaks off on Folio 12b

IASAR/156: ARABIC
If"-*
Author: Muhammad Bello

Title: QASfDA I N DAL IN PRAISE OF THE PROPHET
- V

f * Description:
t * Date of work:
MS. from! Ma lam a I-Hasan b. Abi Bakr. 3 Folios
1
X
Other copies:
Notes: Identical with IASAR/5, attributed to CUthman

ibn Fudi
y-
* 4
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IASAR/159 ARABIC
Author: Al-Hajj CUmar of Kete Krakye (At-
tribution)
Title:

Description; Elegy on the author's son, Al-Hajj

MB

Muhammad Labbu
Date of Work: *
MS. from: Malam Abu Bakr b. cUmor Krakye
4 Folios
Other copies:

IASAR/161 ARABIC
Author: Al-Hajj cUmar of Kete Krakye
Title:
Description: Poem thanking those who made con-
tributions for the repair of the mosque
(? in Kete Krakye), with special
praise for Salaw, Amir Zanghu

Date of Work: 3 Jumada 1 , 1359 = 9 June 1940

MS. from; Kete Krakye. 3 Folios.

Other Copies: IASAR/9.
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IASA1V162 ARABIC
Author ;
Title:
Description: Sanad for tafsir, from Imam Malik through
various Saghanughu, etc. teachers, to a l - Ha
Uthman b. Ishaq
Date of work: 1378 AH = 1958/9
MS. from: al-Hajj Uthman b. Ishaq Boyo, of
Kintampo. 1 Folio.
Other copies:
Notes:

IASA^/163 ARABIC
Author:
Title;
Description: Silsila for Imam Malik's Muwatta ' through
inter alia, various Saghanughu shaykhs to Imam
Malik.
Date of work: 1961
MS. from : al-Hajj Uthman b. Ishaq Boyo, of Kintampo
1 Folio.
Other copies:
Notes i
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IASAR/165: ARABIC
Author: Uthman b. Muhammad b. AbF Bakr
Title:
Description: Poem on the necessity of observing Muslim law in
matters of marriage, divorce and inheritance.
Date of Work:
MS. from: Abu Bakr Ishaq Aboabo, Kumasi. 11 Folios.
Other copies:
Notes: Date of copy is given as 1336 H . = 1917/18

IASAR/166 : ARABIC
Author:
Title:
Description: MS. in 3 sections:
(1) "History of my grandfather", Moru Sanbi,
and the date of his death, 3 RabF C | , 1334=9 Jan. 1916
(2) Date of the death of Muhammad b. al-Hajj c Abd a l -
Rahmam Qunbalf. 1349 H = 1930
*
(3) "History of Bonduku" in 6 lines: Christians at Bonduku
in 1350 H. = 1931; death of al-Hajj Salih
Date of work:
MS. from: Limam Yusufu b. Ibrahim Kamaghate, Dormaa Ahenkro.
3 Folios.
Notes: Copy of this MS. was made in the hand of Ibrahfm
Kamaghate in July 1963.
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IASAR/167 ARABIC
Author: Mu'ayyad a l - D i n al-lsfahani
al-Tughrabi al-Baghadadi
Title: Kitab al-lamiyat a l - Ajam
Description: Lamentations on the sad state of the times etc,
Dote of Work: Before 515 H. = 1121.
MS. from"; Imam Alamusu Watara, Duayaw Nkwanta.
3 Folios
Other copies: GAL. 1 , 247.

IASAR/168 ARABIC
Al-Hajj Umar Krachi
*
Tanana bishr
Poem, with introduction about the writing
of Qajidas in praise of Salaw, Amir Gha-
danfaru.

Date of Work; Mubarram 1343 = August, 1924

MS. from; Malam al-Hasan Kamaghate, Kete Krache.
9 Folios.
Other Copies: IASAR/16 (v)

* *

IASAR/172 ARABIC
*
C
UTHMAN B. FUDl
(first.yersel_HAL U MASlR NAHW TAYBA
MUSRI 0 A N .

Description: Qasida in da I in praise of the Prophet

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH REPORTS 50.

Date of work; A.H. 1183 = 1770 (?)

MS. from: Malam a I-Hasan Kamaghate of Kete Krakye
3 Folios.
Other copies: IASAR/5; / 2 5 ; and also probably Kensdale 83/104
al-qasida ad-dalfya ffmadh annabl

Notes:

IASAR/175 ARABIC
Author:
Tftle: ASA"NFD AL-MUWATTA"; A S A N F D AL-QUR'AVl
AL- C AZ1M.
Description; MS. in 2 sections:
(1) Isnads for Ibn Malik's Mawutta
(11) Isnads for the Holy Qur'an. 14 Sarar 1338 -
21 October, 1919.
MS. from! Limam Yosuf b. Ibrahim Kamaghate, Dormaa Ahenkro.
1 Folio.
Other copies;
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IASAR/179: ARABIC
Author: Abu Bakr A l f b. al-Shaykh
Title:
Description A prayer of a pious Muslim asking God to protect
him from all e v i l . At the end he invokes for his
aid a Silsala of about 40 shaykns,
starting with CAbd al-Qadir ahJilan! founder
of the Qadiriya).
Date of work;
MS. from; Al-tiajj Ya qub b. Uthman Watara, Nomasa.
7 Folios.
Other copies:
Notes: Most of the shaykhs mentioned are either from
East or West and none is definitely recognizable
as Western Sudanese.

IASAR/183 ARABIC
>*- Author: Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad.
>. Title:
Description: Rajaz in 14 Fusul, describing Paradise.
Jumada' 1 , 1217 = 1802
t MS. from: al-Hajj Mu'min b. C
Abdallah Komaghate,
Takyimantia. 8 Folios.
Other copies:
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IASAR/185 i ARAB rC
Author: Abu Modyan Shu ayb b. al-Husayn
dl-Ansari al-Tilimsani *.

AL-JAWHAR S A Q L A N LI-MA SHARA

AL-HIJA M I N AL-SADA
Description ; A Sufi Poetry.

Date of Work; Before 598 H. =1193

MS. from; Karamo Ya qub Kamaghate, Namasa. 6 Folios
Other copies? IASAR/58; 98; 111
Notes J In GAL. 1 , (566) other works by the same author
are classified under the category of mystics.
That will put the date of this work before 598 AH;
the year of the author's death.

IASAR/186: ARABIC
Author: Siraj al-DFn b. CUthman a l - UshF
al-Farghani, Imam al-Haramayn

Title; AL-QASIDA AL-LAMFYA F! TAWHFD OR

BAD'AL-AMALF
Description: Poem on Tawhi d

Date of work! Before 569 H . = 1173

MS. from! al-Haii Idrissu Banff, Kete Krakye. 4 Folios

Other copies! QAL.l 429

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IASAR/189 ARABIC
C
Author: ABDALLArJ b. FUDf
Title; TAZYfN AL-WARACIAT BI-JAM C BACD

MA" l\ M I N AL-ABYA*T
Description: See IASAR/2
Date of Work: See IASAR/2
MS. from; al-Hajj Ahmad Baba a l - W ^ i z , of Aboabo,
Kumasi. 32 Folios.
Other Copies: See IASAR/2
Notes:

IASAR/190 ARABIC
Author: Al-Hajj Ahmad Baba

Title:
Description: Ten documents written down by the author
foral-Haji e Uthman b. Ishaq.

V. (1) , Permission to use the Tijani wird given to

Ahmad b. Ahmad by Abu Bakr b. Musa
*
al-KathnawJ (of Katsina), now in Kumasi,
'if- with his Isnad.
Date: 19DhG ATTTiJia , 1351 =1931.
(2) Ahmad b.*Abd al-Rahman Kataghumf
appoints al-Hajj Ahmad b. Ahmad from
Sokoto (now in Kumasi) Muqaddam of the
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH REPORTS 54

Tijaniyya
Given in Madina 22 Dhu al-Hijja 1362 = 1943

(3) Ijaza in Tafsir given from Madina to Ahmad Baba

al-Muqaddam al-lmam b. Ma lam Abmad al-Falatf,

from Kumasi by Ahmad b. Abd a I-Rahman Muhammad *%.]
.

b. Amir Katagum and by Matam Ibrahim (known as

Malam Zakf)
Date: 24 Dhu al-Hijja 1364 = 30 November 1945.
(4) Permission to use the Tijanf wird given to al-Hajj
Ahmad Baba in Kumasi by al-HTjj Ibn Umar b. Muhammad

al-Kabir al-Bashir b. Muhammad a I -Habib b. Ahmad
al-Tijani. He also gives his silsila Tijaniyya.
Date:
C
27 Rabf al-awwal 1368 = 27 Jan. 1949.
(5) Permission to teach the Tijani wird and to initiate novices
into the order, given in Kumasi by Shaykh al-Hajj Muhammad a l -
6 I - Hr_
a j b.
i . Sfdf al- c Alaw7,
Abdallah with
(Anyas). Nothe'authority
date. of Shaykh

(6) Ibrahim b. al-Hajj Abd-Allah Anyas confirms

with his signature the former permission to al-Hajj Ahmad Baba.
No date. -a
(7) A permission to teach the Tijani wird given to a l -
Hajj Ahmad Baba al-Wa C iz b. al-Sayyid Ahmad
C
al-Falatf written by A l f Sfsf b. AI-Hasan by
C
authority of al-Hajj Ibrohfm b. Al-Hajj Abdallah
(Anyas). Given in Kaolack in the beginning of
Shacba"n< 1369 = May 1950.
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(8) Ijaza in Tafslr and Hadfth given to al-Hajj Ahmad

B^ba al-Wa c i z by Yahudha b. SaCd from Zaria with
the letter's SiIsila ?n TafsTr
Date: 2 Jgmada I I , 1372 = 1 7 February, 1953.

(9) Ijaia in the Sciences of Logic and Tradition ( a l -

ma -"out wq'manqul) given to Aljtwd Baba a l -
Waiz (from KumasI) by CAb^s a I- C A law! a l -
M a l f k f a l - M a k k f . (Written in Mecca on 14
Dhu al-Hijja 1371 = 4 September, 1952.

(TO) Permission given to al-Hajj Ahrnad Baba a l -

W a C i z by Ibrahim b. Al-Hajj C
Abdallah
(Anyas) to teach his writings gnd the Tijani
Wird. Written in Kaolack on 8Sha Cban 1373
TTSpril, 1954,
.- ^iz
Al-Hajj Ahmad Baba al-Wa c. Abuabu, Kumasi.
MS. from:
20 Folios^'
Other copies:
Notes: Detailed description of this MS. has been given here
because of its interest for the study of contemporary West
African Tijaniyya.

IASAR/192: ARABIC
Author: Karamoko Turay
Title: AL-BADR A L - KUBRA

Description: Poem on the battle of Badr and the victory of the

Brophet.
Date of work:
MS. from:"" Imam Musa Warara, Duayaw Nkwanta. 3 Folios.
Other copies:
Notes: The author of this MS. is said to have died about 18 years
ago. On the last page is a prayer by AksFnF Adama(?)
asking God to protect him from e v i l .
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IASAR/193: ARABIC
Author: Uthman Ibn Fudi
Title: IHYA AL-SUNNA WA IKHMAD AL-BIDCA
Description: A major theological and legal work of CUthman
Ibn Fudi.
Date of work:
MS. from;- Al-Hajj Ahmad taba al-Wa c f z , Abuabu
Kumasi. 123 Folios.
Other copies: See Kensdale, p. 13 ; Vafda, p.230

IASAR/194; ARABIC
Author: Umar b. Tahir b. Abd al-Rahmari b. Tahir al-Sanuwi
" *
Title:
Description : Poem about Fasting and the Hajj
Date of work: 1349 H. (?) = 1930
MS. from: Salim Sulayman Jani, Osu-Accra. 4 Folios.
Other copies:
Notes: The piece on the last page was written by a I-Hajj
..

Marhaba of Bobo Dioulasso.

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IASAR/195 : ARABIC
Author: Malam Zam'a (? Zum'a; Zim'a) b. al-lmam
Muhammad al-Falatf
Title: AL-QA5DAAL-LA*M!YA AL-SUGHRA"
Description: An elegy on the author's brother, Mub_ammad
Baqu, (mom of Accra who died on Dhu al-QaSte
* 1356 = 23 January 1938, describing his merits
and funeral.
Dote 6f Work: 1356 = 1938
MS. from; Malam Adam b. Malam*Uthman
Tanrabarni, Amakom, Kurnasi. 5 Folios.
Other Copies:

IASAR/196 HAUSA
Author;
Title?
Description: Poem in praise of Ahmad al-TijanT

Date of work;
MS. from? Malam Adam b. Uthman Tantabirni, of Amakom/
Kumasi. 3 Folios.

Other Copies

Notes: Described as 'the sixty first song1.

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IASAR/ 197: ARABIC

Author: Imam Ahmad Bakr
Title: TAKHMTS AL-QASFDA TUSAMMA MARMUZ AL- **
*
TANTARANI

Description: A poem in praise of an Amfr? See below.

Date of Work; Before455 H . =1092
MS. from: al-lmam Muhammad b Abdallah
Masu Kano, Takyiman. 5 Folios.
Other copies:
Notes: Jantarani, who wrote in praise of the Wazir Nizam
a l - M u l k , Alp Arslan and Malik-Shah, died in 455 H/1092
See G a l . 1 , 2 5 2 .

IASAR/T98 : ARABIC
Author: Jala I a I-Din Abd a I-Rahman al-Suyuti
Title: URJUZA MUFIDA
Description: Compilation of sayings on burial rites.
Dote of work: Before 909 H = 1503.
MS. from: al-lmam Muhammad b. Abdallah Masu Kano.
Takyiman. 10 Folios.
Other copies:
Notes: This is possibly Ar-Tathbi"t f? g Um al-tabyft
See GAL. I I , 3 T
^,
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IASAR/199: HAUSA
C
Author: Abu Bakr Atfq B. Al-Hadir AI-KathinawF
Al-Ti}ani.
C
Title; AYBA"T AL-FUQAR^ 1 Ff MADH 1CHATIM AL-
1
AWLIYA AHMAD B. MUHAMMAD AL-TIJA"NI.
Description: Poem in praise of Ahmad al-Tijaji
9
Date of work? Ma lam Adam b. Uthman Tantabirnl, of Amakom,

Kumasl. 10 Folios.
1
Other copies: In print from Kano dd. 1 Sha c ban 1380/1960

Notes:

IASAR/201 ARABIC
Karamo Mama Watara Barabo (Oral Attribution)
Author:
Title:
Description: Recommending drinking of wine with ginger
and pepper, sweet milk and cheese, and in
particular, honey.

Date of Work:
Malam Yusufu Ibn IbrahFm Kamaghate
MS. from!
Dormaa Ahenkro. 2 Folios.

Other Copies:
-* '-
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1ASAR/20S ARABIC * Vi

Author;
Title: KITA"B QAWA'ID AL-SALAT WA'L-WUDU
1
*

Description: Book on the rules of Prayer, Ablution and Impurity.

Date of work:

MS. from: Sarkin Bako Mlzimata (Salaga) of Kete Krakye.

4 Folios.
*
Other copies:

IASAl^/210: ARABIC
Author: Abui Hasan al-Wa C?z
4

Description: Exhortation in Verse to observe the rules of Islam in

various aspects of life.
Date of work:
MS. from: Al-Hajj Shuay b i , Kete Krakye. 8 Folios.

Other copies:

IASAR/212: ARABIC
C C
Author: Abd-AMah b. Muhammad b. Uthman al-Fdlatf
C
ikT al-Ash arr7
Title: SAB"? L AL-NAJA (The Path for Salvation)
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Description: Compilation of some writings of the Imams

(? Founders of the 4 schools of Law) for the
benefit of Muslims. 2 Chapters:
-*-*
(1) On Repentance
(2) Observing the conduct of the five
"limbs" of the body - eye, ear, tongue,
heart, belly.
Date of Work;
MS. from: Al-lmam al-Hajj Muhammad a I-Than i ,
Kete Krakye.' 4 Folios.
Other Copies: See Kensdale, p.6
Notes: Folios 1 (a) & 4 (b) contain charms, magic
squares etc.

IASAR/2V7 ARABIC
ft

>->
Author:
Title:
; *

Description: Exhortations and Praise of the Prophet.

>

Date of Work 23 Jumada I I 3 4 8 = 1^29 (See end of MS.)

MS. from: , Malam Abd Bakr b. Al-Hajj
Umar Krakye, Kete Krakye. 14 Folios.
f * Other Copies
i
Notes: At the end of the MS.
is written in pencil the name:
A l - H a j } Muhammad Labu
al-Kabawi nisban Krakchi.
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IASAR/245: ARABIC
Author: Abu 'L-Hasan c AlF AI-MalikF Al-Shadhlll
(died c ' 939/1530)
C
Title: TUHFAT AL-MUSALU ALA MADH HAB
AL-IMAM MALIK
Description: The way of worship according to the Maliki school
Date of work: Sha Cba"n 903 March - April, 1498.
MS. from: al-Hajj Ya qub Watara, of Namasa. 17 Folios.
Other copies: GAL, I I , p . 4 1 1 . BUichet,5322.
Notes: In leather binder.

IASAR/306 ARABIC
Author: Muhammad Be Ho (?)
Title: (first verse begins a la ya nofs)
Description: Qaslda ending in nun in which the author described

his own funeral.

Date of work:
MS. from: Imam Ahmad b. Abd al-Qadir, Friday Imam of
llbrin. 2 Folios.

Other copies: IASAR/294; / 3 9 4

Notes:
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IASAR/332 ARABIC
Author:
Title:
Description: given to Malam Yusuf b. C
Abd a I-Rahman
by Ahmad al-HabFb b. Nuru b. al-Haji CUmar
al-Futf to perform the Tijanr wird. Masses
c
*
through al-HajJ Umaral-Futf
Date of work: Malam Baku Mizimata of Kete Krakye. 2 Folios.
Other copies:
Notes:

>- ARABIC
IASAR/338
i T
Author:
*
Title:
Description: Isnad fortoftir foral-Hajj Sa C fd b.
C
Abd al-Rahman, paning through, intej;
a l i a , various Saghanughu Shaykhs to Imam Malik.
0
Dote of Work:

MS. from* Imam al-Hajj Sa C fd of Wenchi. 3 Folios.

Other copies:

Notes:
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IASAR/369; ARABIC
C
Author; Abdallah b. Fudf
Title; TA'KHMlS O N THE QA"$A"'ID A L ^ A S H R F Y A T O F C A B D
AL-RAHMA"N AL-FA"2AZr
Description; Popular poem giving advice on religious questions.
Dote of work;
MS. from; al-Hajj CAbd al-Hamfd b. C
Abd al-Qadir, imam of
Imali quarter of Illorin. 30 Folios.

Other Copies: |ASAR/34;/3Q2. For al-qasa'td ol^ashrfyoti. See

Kensdale 82/27, and GAL suppl. 1 p. 482-3
Notes:

IASAR/374 ; ARABIC
Author; Uthman b. Fudi
Title; NUR AL-ALBAB
*
Description? List and discussion of the various classes of Muslims
and pagans.
Dote of work; pre A . H . 1227 = 1812 (from D . M . Last C . A . D . I . ,
2 , p.4.)
MS. from; Original IAS MS. col lection, bgon,copied from MS
in possession of Ma lam Habibu Ahmad b. Imam Haliru
of Gambari quarter, Illorin. 11 Folios.
Other cdptes; IASAR/114; /395; see also Kensdale 82/58; Vadfa,
p.230; GAL II p.656.
Nbtes;
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IASAR/379: ARABIC
Author:
Title:
Description: Collection of Masa'il (queries of a religious nature)
e . g . the time taken to create the world, punishment
for talking in mosques, or during the reading of the
Qur'fln. Discussion of points raised in hadiths.
Date of work:
MS. from: Imam Karamo Ghawso of Takiri near Sunyani.
16 Folios.
Other copies:

Notes:

IASAR/382 ARABIC
C
Author: Abdallah b. Fudf
Title: TAKHMTS ONTHEQASA'ID AL-CASHRTYAT OF

""ABD AL-RAHMAN AL-FAZAZI

Description: Popular poem giving advice oh religious questions.
Date of work:
MS. from: Malam Abd al-Mu'min, Imam Kabti, Salagha.
37 Folios.

Other copies: IASAR/34; / 3 6 9 . Foral-qasa'id al- C ashriyat

*
see Kensdale 82/27 and GAL. SUPPL.I, p.482-2

Notes:
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IASAR/393; ARABIC
Author;
Title; MA C DIN AL-DHAHAB Ff IJLA' QULUB AL CA"BIDTN
Description; Collection of traditions, on the excellence of know-
ledge, baraka, etc. etc. with a short sanad
Date of work;
MS. from: al-Hajj a I-Imam b. al-Hajj C Abdullah Bamba of

Wenchi. 90 Folios.
Other copies;
"Owner of the book al-lmam b. al-Hajj c
Abdullah **.
Notes:
*

b. Da'ud Damutiri Kuruwi, of tribe Banbawi nisban"

IASAR/394; ARABIC
Author; Muhammad Bello (?)

Title: (firt verse; a la yd nafs wayhki hadithahi...)

Qasida ending in nun in which the author describes
his own funeral.
Date of work:
MS. from: Bida, Northern Nigeria. 2 Folios.
Other Copies; IASAR/294; /306
ft*.
Notes: The copyist has added aya to each terminal ndh
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* IASAR/395 ARABIC
r C
* Author: UTHMAN b. FUDl
**" Title: NUR AL-ALBAB
Description: List and discussion of the various classes of
Muslims and pagans.
"* Dqteof work: pre A . H . 1227 = 1812 (from D . M . Last,
C . A . D . I . 2, p.4)
"* MS. from: I . A . S . Legon, collected in Bida, Nupe.
8 Folios.
** Other copies: IASAR/114; IASAR/374 see also Kensdale
Vadja, p.230; GAL. II p.656.

Notes:

IASAR/411 HAUSA
C
Author: UTHMAN b.
Title: TABA AL-HAQlQ

Description: Poem exhorting chiefs and imams to rule justly,

and other people to repent their sins.
V * Date of Work:
MS. from: Malam Shahat, of Nsawam. 6 Folios.

Other copies:
Notes:
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IASAR/420 HAUSA
Author: Rilwan Namaka b. Abu Bakr, from Sokoto,
staying in Accra.
Title: -
Description: In praise of Ahmad ol-Tijani (with referenc
the Fodio, 1. s.)
Date of work: -
MS. from: Malam Muhammad Dan Inna, of Nsawam.
6 Folios.
Other copies: -
Notes: _

IASAR/422 ARABIC
Author: AL-HAJJ * ABDALLAH B. SACTD
Title:
Description: Poem in praise of Ahmad a l - T i j a j i
Date of work:
MS. from: Malam Adam b . Urhan Tantabiri. 2 Folios.
*.
Other Copies;
Notes:
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IASAR/424 ARABIC
Author:

Title:
Description : Devotional poem ending in lamynentioning

shaykh al-Tijani
Date of work:
MS. from: Al-haji Abdallab hiasan, of Aboso. 2 Folios.

F * Other copies:
Notes:

IASAR/427 ARABIC
Author:
Title:
Description: Isnad for the study of the Qur'an for al-Hajj
Uthman b. Ishaq, through, inter a l i a , Sagha-
- # nughu shaykhs.
Date of work: 13 shawwal 1378 = 2 2 April 1959
v*. MS. from: al-Hajj Uthman b. lshaq< Boyo, of Kintampo.
3 Folios.
^-*
OtherCopies

Notes:

**
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IASAR/428 ARABIC
C
Author: UTHMN b. FUDl
Title: BAYAN AL-BIDAC AL-SHAYTANI YA ALLATI

AHOATHAHA ALGA'S PI AIWAB AL-MILLA

< . ' ,

AL-MUHAMMADIYA
Description: *
Explanation and condemnqtion of pagan practices
in prayers, clothing, ritual ablution, food and
drink etc.
Date of work:
MS. from: I.A.S, Legon, copied from MS. in possession
of Limam Haliru of Gambari qgarter, Illorin.
22 Folios.
* .

Other copies; Kensdale 82/52; Vadja p.230

Notes:

IASAR/431 ARABIC
Author: ABU MUHAMMAD B. IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD
B. AL-FASIRI (? or ALFA S.R.)
Title:
Description: Rajaz on questions of inheritance according to
Maliki law, following the Mukhtasar of Khalll
b. Uhaq.
Date of work:
MS. from: Imam al-Hajj Quddus Timiti, of Bonduku.
8 Folios.
Other Copies:
Notes:
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\ T IASAR/436: ARABIC
Author: Muhammad Bello
Title; KITAB USUL A L - D I N

Description t
Date of work;
MS. from\ Malam Adam Kunatay, of Wench!. 4 Folios.

Other copfasi
Notes: Colophon contains name of previous owner of
MS, Hamld.. b. Baba Kunatay.

IASAR/437 ARABIC
Author;
Title;
Description; Permission to use the Tljanf wird given to
Muhammad Janma by Ibrahim b. Abi Bakr,
with si 1st la to Ahmad al-Tijani

Date of work: A.H. 1359/AD 1940

MS. from Muhammad Janma. b. Abi Bakr, of Elmlna

1 Folio.

Other copies;

Notes:

t
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IASAR/439 ARABIC
Author:
Title;
Description: Silsila for tafsFr foral-Hajj b. Salfh
Banbawi al-Faghulawi , through, inter a l i a ,
various Saghanughu shaykhs to Imam Malik.
Date of work:

MS. from: Imam al-Hajj Sa C fd Banba, of Wenchi.

2 Folios.
Other Copies:
Notes:

IASAR/444 ARABIC
Author:
Titles
Description: Sanad for the Qur'an, from Imam Malik

through, inter alia, various Saghanughu

Shaykhs, to Abd a I-Rahman b. Hamkr
Tarawiri

Date of work; 1370 AH =1950/1

MS. from Ma lam Abd al -Rahman Tarawiri, of Old
Tafo, Kumasi. 1 Folio.
Other copies;
Notes:
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* ,

IASAR/44& ARABIC
Author:
Title:
Description: List of the twelve sons of a I-Mustafa Saghan-
hghu: a prayer.
Date of work;
MS. from: al-Hasan b. Sharif b. a I-Hasan Saghannghu/
of Sunyani. 2 Folios.
Other copies;
Notes:

IASAR/450: HAUSA
Author:
Title:
Description: Letter from Sultan of Kurghu Abani to Imam
of Gambaga, with gifts to<the White man.
Date of work:

k -> MS. from: Ghana National Archives, A D N paper

extracted by J . Goody) . 2 Folios.
Other copies:

y Notes: