Transliterated title: Dāliyyat al-Yūsī and Mulḥat al-I‘rāb.
This collection includes Dāliyyat al-Yūsī, a panegyric poem rhyming with the letter dāl authored by the Moroccan Shadhilī leader al-Yūsī (d. 1691 ), and Mulḥat al-I‘rāb, a poem dealing with Arabic grammar by Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Ḥarīrī also known as Al-Ḥarīrī of Basra (1054-1122). Milḥat al-I‘rāb is a popular short Arabic grammar book. The manuscripts are written in Arabic with interlinear and marginal glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The manuscript was digitized in the home of the owner (Abdou Karim Thiam) in the neighborhood of Kandialang in Ziguinchor, Senegal.
Custodial history: The current owner of the manuscripts (Abdou Karim Thiam) inherited them from his father (Nimbaly Thiam) who died in the 2015 Mina stampede in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Extent and format of original material: 164 pages.
Physical characteristics: Unbound manuscript. This manuscript is very brittle with frayed and chipped page edges, making some words difficult to read.
Owner(s) of original material: Abdou Karim Thiam.
Author(s) of original material: Imam Nimbaly Thiam.
Additional script information: Soninke Ajami.
