folios
Timbuktu
19th Century
Source: Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh, "A man of letters in Timbuktu: al-Shaykh Sidi Muhammad al-Kunti", in The Meanings of Timbuktu, edited by Shamil Jeppie and Souleymane Bachir Diagne, HSRC Press, 2008, pp. 231-244.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"It is a document of 28 folios. It is handwritten in an elegant, narrow Maghribi script and has 30 lines per page, in a 16 cm x 11 cm format."
Remarks
This entry refers to a specific letter addressed to the leaders of Sokoto (Uthman dan Fodio, Abdullahi, and Muhammad). The document is part of a larger corpus of 47 letters collected by al-Shaykh Sidiyya al-Kabir, with the original preserved in the manuscript library of Ahl al-Shaykh Sidiyya in Boutilimit (p. 237). The manuscript is noted for its specific dimensions (16 cm x 11 cm) and the density of its text, featuring 30 lines per page (p. 239). The paper is currently part of a broader collection of Timbuktu-related works that the author notes are facing significant preservation challenges (p. 228).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typefolios
RegionTimbuktu
Approx. Year1850
Source Information
AuthorAbdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh, "A man of letters in Timbuktu: al-Shaykh Sidi Muhammad al-Kunti", in The Meanings of Timbuktu, edited by Shamil Jeppie and Souleymane Bachir Diagne, HSRC Press, 2008, pp. 231-244.
CollectionAzawad
Language
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