The Hamadoune Diadje Bocoum 1 family collection of Arabic Manuscripts [1791-1970]

Description: The key subjects of this collection are the Qur'an, Jurisprudence, Theology and faith, Preaching and sermons, Praise, Invocation, Hadiths(tradition of the Prophet) and Intercession though a good number of manuscripts are concerned with Philology and others with History, Esoterics, Astronomy and Soufism. Extent and format of original material: 56 paper manuscripts. Physical Characteristics: Paper manuscripts, some pages missing, others torn, others cut, some water and termite damages, others in good condition. Author: Many manuscripts of this family have authors Copier: Only the copiers of a few manuscripts are known.