Islam--Africa
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
Fonds
Identifier: Or Ms
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of over 700 manuscripts pertaining to the Islamicate world and South Asia, dating from the 10th to 19th centuries C.E. (the majority being post-1500). Chiefly bound paper codices, it includes sacred texts of importance to the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh faiths, Qur’anic commentaries, Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the Shi’i Imams, works treating Islamic law, world history, the history of India, medicine,...
Dates:
10th-19th centuries C.E. (bulk: post-1500 C.E.)
Or Ms 173: Personal collection of devotional materials (Islamic), undated (extant by 20th Cent. C.E.)
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 173
Scope and Contents
A collection of 201 loose sheets, on which are written charms, Muslim prayers, and invocations.
These manuscripts were found on the body of a Hausa soldier named Mama Bakāno, who was killed at the siege of Kumasi on June 15th, 1900 C.E.
They were given to Capt. Leland, West African Frontier Force, by the deceased's brother, who was also serving in the fort during the siege, and presented by Capt. Leland to the Library through Mr. Hope Findlay, W.S.
Dates:
undated (extant by 20th Cent. C.E.)