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A manuscript page from Timbuktu showing a table of astronomical information. Timbuktu Manuscripts, or Tombouctou Manuscripts, is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali.
Manuscript of Nasir al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-Amin al-Tawathi al-Ghalawi's Kashf al-Ghummah fi Nafa al-Ummah. From the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, Timbuktu. The Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library is a private manuscript library in Timbuktu, Mali. Founded by Abdel Kader Haidara in 2000 and named in honor of his father ...
Timbuktu was a world centre of Islamic learning from the 13th to the 17th century, especially under the Mali Empire and Askia Mohammad I's rule. The Malian government and NGOs have been working to catalogue and restore the remnants of this scholarly legacy: Timbuktu's manuscripts. [86]
The centre holds approximately 20,000 manuscripts covering Mali's history, including the Tarikh al-Sudan.The majority of the manuscripts are from the 14th to 16th centuries, and most are written in Arabic but others are in local languages, such as Songhai, Tamashek and Bamanankan, or even in more distant ones, one each in Turkish and Hebrew, with topics covering medicine, astronomy, poetry ...
West African manuscripts from Timbuktu, Mali, dated between 1600 CE and 1960 CE, also contain local ideas and discussions about race in Saharan and Sahelian West Africa. [3] Regarding legal discourse on the wrongful enslavement of Muslims in West Africa, Hall (2018) states: [15]
And hither are brought divers manuscripts or written books out of Barbarie, which are sold for more money than any other merchandize." [ 17 ] Some Sankoré scholars accumulated large private libraries, with over 1600 manuscripts, [ 18 ] though there was no public library or university library in Timbuktu. [ 13 ]
During his visit to Timbuktu in 1895 the French journalist Félix Dubois learnt of the chronicle but was unable to obtain a copy. [2] Most copies of the manuscript had been destroyed early in the 19th century by the order of the Fula [3] leader Seku Amadu, but in 1911 an old manuscript was located in Timbuktu that was missing some of the initial pages.
Timbuktu, often referred to as the "City of 333 Saints," [1] is a historic city located in northern Mali. It was once a major center of Islamic scholarship and trade during the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire. [2] Timbuktu is renowned for its historic mosques, ancient manuscripts, and vibrant cultural heritage.