Digital images of mansucripts created and received by Nji Ngaput, the son of King Ibrahim Njoya, and an Isalmic scholar, trader and artist. The manuscripts include writings on Islamic teachings and traditions, Bamum history, calendars, correspondence, and Bamum art, dated c 1940-1965.
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Leaf of Islamic Teaching regarding God who sent the Angel to the Prophet,...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 27.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: The document contains designs. These documents had been written by the original NJI NGÂPUT, who was an artist. ... -
Additional Prayer to be made after the obligatory one in the Islamic faith,...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 16.6cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: ... -
The Orphan Condition in the Islamic Faith
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments: ... -
Charity in the Memory of a Deceased Person
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Fair; Comments: ... -
Historical Notes on the Angel Gabriel and the Bamum Dynasty beginning from...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 16.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments: includes designs, such as the Islamic star and crescent moon ... -
Notes on the “Night Trip” of Islam, the story of a foreign king, and...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe, Akauku Nyiet, Nyinyi Mfamfu men script, and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes designs ... -
Notes on basic prayers in Islam and market accounting notes
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 16.8cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes designs ... -
Notes on the Glorification of God with a Calendar
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Poor (torn pages); Comments: Includes designs ... -
Notes on Allah’s Judgement after Death and listings of various Islamic Holy...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script and Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes designs such as the Islamic crescent moon and stars ... -
Notes from Nji Sulemanu regarding prayer after the death of his Father
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script only; Condition: Fair; Comments: ... -
Notes on the Glorification of God, His Messenger for Mankind, and a list of...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.2cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Arabic script and roman script (Bamum language); Condition: Fair; Comments: ... -
Typed letter in French from NGAPOUT Mama to the Administrateor of Yoko...
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2 (page is large, so front page – typed letter – snapped as whole and also top and bottom); Measurements: 31cm x 20cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Roman script (French language); Condition: Fair; Comments: Includes many designs ... -
Elaborate Drawings by NJI NGÂPUT
Leaves: 9; Pages: 17; Measurements: 22.2cm x 17.1cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe (ready “Njoya”) inside King Njoya’s seal and a caption of “Lion” in roman script (English language); Condition: Good; Comments: ... -
Bamum sketchings and historical notes [c 1940s]
Leaves: 23; Pages: 44; Measurements: various sizes; Dates ca. 1940s; Script: Akauku mfemfe in pencil and various ink colors; some roman script (Bamum language);Arabic script; typed letter in roman script (French); Condition: Good (although torn on some pag ...
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