8. PROJECT REPORTS List of Stool Histories continued:- IAS IAS IAS IAS IAS IAS IAS 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 Hia Stool History Asoroman Stool History Kona Stool History Nhibi Stool History K/idom Stool History Koraase Stool History Aboaso Stool History ARABIC COLLECTION In this issue of Research Review we publish short descriptions of a further forty manuscripts from the IASAR collection. Four hundred and forty manuscripts have been accessioned as at March 1964. The work of collection is still being carried out mainly by al-Hajj cUthman b. Ishaq Boyo, but greater emphasis is now placed upon the * recovery of material of direct importance for the history of West Africa. The first four hundred manuscripts, by contrast, were collected at random, and therefore form a representative sample of works in Arabic script owned by the rttalams of Ghana. All items are in xerox copy. Our thanks again go to Dr. B. Martin and Mr. K. Odoom for their assistance in the cataloguing this material. PROJECT REPORTS 9. IASAR/2 ARABIC Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: CABDALLA"H b. FUDl^ TAZYlN AL-WARAQAT BI-JAM° BACD MA Li MIN AL-ABYAT. History of the jihad and early career of Uthman b. FudT(Dan Fodio). 18 ShawwaI 1228 = 14 October 1813. National Archives of Ghana. 22 folios. IASAR/119;/120;/189; Kensdale 82/16; GAL Supplement II p.894. IASAR/5 ARABIC CUTHMAN b. FUDf. (first verse) HAL LT MASfR NAHW JAYBA MUSR|CAN ' Description: Dote of work: MS from: Other copies: Notes: Qagida ending in dal in praise of the Prophet A . H. 1188 = A . D. 1774/5. Accra (?). 4 folios IASAR/25 and IASAR/172; also probably Kensdale 82/104, al-qasTda ad-dalfya fTmadh an-nabr. Folio 4b contains a prayer to be said as protection against loss of faith. IASAR/I5 ARABIC Author: title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: MAHMUD b. CABDALLA"H (SULTAN DANFARi) QISSAT SALGHA TA'RfKH GHlJNJA Account of the campaigns of Jakpa, king of Gonja; of the growth of Salaga; and of the civil war in Salaga, 1891/2. Konongo. 16 folios. IASAR/1; / 2 6 1. it I; 10. PROJECT REPORTS IASAR/16 (xvii) ARABIC Author; Title: Description: Date of work; MS from; Other copies; CABDALLAH b. FCDF QASIDA Fl MADH ASLAtf °IBA"D ALLArj. Poem in dal in praise of the Prophet Jumada I I, 1202 * March/April, 1788. Konongo. 4 folios. I AS AR/130; / 2 2 7. Also possibly Kensdale 82/132, al-qasida ad-daliya fTmadrj an-nabl". IASAR/25 ARABIC Author: Title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: CUTHMA"N b. FDDT. (firsWerse) HAL LrMASTR NAHW TAYBA MUSR|CAN. Qasida ending in dal in praise of the Prophet. A . H. 1188, A . D . T 7 7 4 / 5. Kete Krakye. 3 folios. IASAR/5; also probably Kensdale 82/104, ot-qasTda ad-daliya fi madh an-nabT. IASAR/34 ARABIC Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: ABDALLA"H b. FDDF. Tokhmis on the Qasa'id a l- ashriyot of Abd a l- Rahman al-Fazazi. Popular poem giving advice on religious questions Thursday, 12 ShaCbah 1235 » 25 May 1820. Accra. 30 folios. IASAR/369; for al-qosa'id al-Cashriyat see Kensdale 82/27; GAL. Supplement I, p.. 482-3. PROJECT REPORTS 11, IASAR/40 ARABIC Author: Title; Description: Date of work: MS from; Other copies Notes: IASAR/65 Author; Description; Dote of work; MS from; Other copies: List of Kings of Asante, with lengths of reigns. Bole. 1 folio Said by al-Hajj Qasim to be extracted from a longer work by his father, Abdallah, formerly godl of Gonja. ARABIC SI FAT AL-HAJJ MAHMUD TakhmTs; poem in praise of al-Hojj Mahmud b. Sayyid Muhammad, with reference to his jihad. Boromo. 2 folios IASAR/70; / 83 (with variants) IASAR/68 ARABIC Author: title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies CUMAR BAMBA MAWHDB AL-MANNAN Poem in praise of the Prophet, in 28 sections each with a rhyming scheme based on a letter of the alphabet. 3 Ramadan 1279 = 21 February, 1863. Kintampo. 31 folios. IASAR/91 12. PROJECT REPORTS IASAR/70 ARABIC Author: Title; Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: IASAR/71 Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: §IFA"T AL-HA"JJ MAHMUD. Takhmis: poem in praise of al-Hajj Mahmud_b. Sayyid Muhammad, with reference to his jihad Boromo. 2 folios. 1ASAR/65; / 83 (with variants). ARABIC MUHAMMAD BELLO INFA"Q AL-.MAYSUR _ History of the 1804 jihad in Hausaland; general Sudanese history and geography; correspondence of the author and Uthman b. FudTwith Muhammad al-Anim al-KBTnimTof Bomu, etc. 5 Dhu'l Qa'da 1227 » 11 November 1813. Accra. 381 folios; IASAR/72 ARABIC MUHAMMAD BELLO (ascription probably forged) SHAMSIYYAT AL-1KHWAN FI't-WIRD S H A Y K H U NA AHMAD A L - T U AW A Ti|anT manual, explaining the wird, with TijanT prayers; partly based on the jawahir al-nn|a.c5bT (of CAITHarazim b. Barada?). In urjuza form. Accra. 10 folios. Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: W. PROJECT REPORTS 13. IASAR/73 ARABIC Author: A TTtleT Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: IASAR/77 Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: CABDAL.LA"H GWATSDU (?) MAWUFAT AL-SUDAN, described as Ta'rikh l i- Shaykn ibn Fudiu. Historical poem on Uthman b. Fudl", the beginnings of {ihad, the Sayfawa, establishment in Sokoto, etc. (?PA7H. 1286 = 1869/70. Accra. 11 folios. Largely the same as Kensdale 82/19, which is attributed to Abd al-Qadir b. Mustafa. ARABIC Account of the j ihad of al-Hajj Mahmud b. Muhammad told by a shaykh to two young men. Bobo-Diou lasso. 1 folio. Related to IASAR/66. -*.*- •*-•? IASAR/83 ARABIC Author: title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: SIFA"T AL-HXJJ MAHMUD Takhmls in praise of al-Haj| Mahmud with reference to his Jihad. Wenchi. 2 folios. IASAR/65; /70 (with variants). 14. PROJECT REPORTS I AS AK/103 ARABIC Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies CUMARBAMBA (0 - (ii) FASL FT DHIKR AL-KHULAFA"> (i) Poem in praise of the Prophet and the four orthodox Caliphs, (ii) Poem in praise of the four orthodox Caliphs Kintampo. 8 folios. IASAR/92; /150; / 1 5 7. IASAR/104 ARABIC Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other" copies: CUMAR BAMBA SUBUL AL-NAJAH Poem on the attributes of God, qualities of the Prophet, etc: tawhTa Kintampo. 5 folios. - IASAR/105 ARABIC Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: (!) AL-WIRD AL-L3ZIM (ii) MIFTA"HALWAZTFA (i) Ti|anf Litany (ii) TijanT/office ' Old Buipe. 2 folios. - PROJECT REPORTS 15. IASAR/106 Author: TitTeT Description: Date of work > MS from; Other copies; IASAR/107 Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: IASAR/108 Author: Title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: Notes: ARABIC Fragments In different hands on wordly achievements, on the relative value of wealth and learning, etc hadTth of Umar, the second Caliph. Old Buipe. 3 folios. ARABIC Treatise on Abjad - quick reckoning with letters, calendars, names of months, astrological stations, etc. Kinrampo. 8 folios. ARABIC ABCJ ZAYD CA BD AL~RAHMA"N b. MUHAMMAD b. AMTk AL-AKHDART AL-'MXLIKT. KIT^B AL AKHDART Rules for the performance of prayer. Kinrampo. 62 folios. GAL. Supplement I I, pp. 705-6. Blochet, 5320 (Shuruf a I-sal ah). This work was written AH 943 • AD 1536/7. 16. PROJECT REPORTS IASAR/109 (ii) ARABIC Author; Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies AL-HAJJ CUMAR b. ABr YA KHAlTlAYYA FA-CAJABA IDH RA'AYTA AL-CAJA"'IB. Poem criticising the missionary activities of one Musa and his companions, who were growing rich from these activities. Kete Krakye. 5 folios. IASAR/135 IASAR/ 10°(vi) ARABIC Author; Description; Date of work; MS from: Other copies; AL-HA\JJ CUMAR b. ABTBAKR MA" BALU HIND NA'AT ANNA" BI-GHAYR QILA\ Elegy for al-Hajj Labbu, son of the poet. Kete Krakye. 3 folios. IASAR/16(v); /138; /239(vi). IASAR/T10 ARABIC Author; TttJeT Description; Date of work; MS from;~ Other copies; Notes: MUHAMMAD b. AL-HASAN AL-SHAYB^Nf. AL- AQiDAT AL-SHAYBXNT. QasTda in alif, oh some important figures of early Islamic history, founders of the four madhabs, etc. Dodowa. 4 folios. GAL. Supplement I, p. 291. Author died AH 189 • AD 804/805. IASAR/325. PROJECT REPORTS 17. IASAR/111 ARABIC Author: Description: Date of work; MS from; Other copies; IASAR/114 Author; Description t Date of worki; MS from; Other copies; MUCADHU IBN YAHYA AL-MURTAJI MAQSCJRAT AL-JAWHAR Tokhmts on a poem /FASAR/58; 1857of Abu Mad/an al-Tllimsan7/GAL.~l, p . 5 6 6 - ^. " (?) AH 1187"* 1773/4. Dodowa. 21 folios. IASAR/98. ARABIC HPWMXMH cUTHMA"Nb. NQR AL-ALBAB. List and discussion of the various classes of Musllmi and pagans. Asiakwa. 10 folios. IASAR/374; / 3 9 5. See also Kensdafe 82/58; Vadja, p.230; GAL. I I, p.656. IASAR/115 ARABIC Author; Description; Date of work; M$ from; Other copies; Notes: CABDALLA"H b. KITA~B AL-NASAB Fodio genealogy. Asiakwa. 3 folios. Related to Ida^al-nusukh min okhadhtu min ol- shuyukh/ Gaskivq, 1*0 18. IASAR/116 Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: PROJECT REPORTS ARABIC MUHAMMAD BELLO RAF AL-SHUBHA Fl TASHABBUH BI'l-KAFARA WA'L-ZULMAWA'L-JAHLA. Criticism of those who imitate unbelievers, tyrants and ignorant men/ selected from the work of learned men. Completed A.H. 1216 B 1802 (Kensdate) Asiakwa. 8 folios. See Kensdale 82/82. ' IASAR/117 ARABIC Author: AL-HA"jJ °UMAR b. ABfBAKR Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: Poetical account of the author's residence in Gambaga, of his quarrel with the Imam there, and of his decision to make the pilgrimage. A . H. 1326 • A . D. 1908/9. Asiakwa. 4 folios. IASAR/118 ARABIC Author: CABDALLXHb. Description! Date of work: MS from: Other copies: Notes: "~ Poem in $n In praise of Shaykh Jibril b. CUraar, Dodowa. 5 foltdsi An extract from TazyTn al-waroqat PROJECT REPORTS 19. iASAR/119 ARABIC Author: Title: Description i bate of work i MS from: Other copies CABDALLAH b. rtJDT/. TAZYHM AL-WARAQAT BI-JAM BACD MA" LFMIN AL-ABYAT. See IASAR/2. See IASAR/2. Aslakwa. 45folioi. IASAR/2; / 1 2 0. IASAR/120 ARABIC Author* TJtJeT DeicripHoni bate of work > Ms from: """ Other coplen CABDALLA>I b. rtJDf. TAZYLH AL-WARAQ^T BI-JAMC BACD AL-ABVXT. See IASAR/2. See IASAR/2. Hohoe. 20 folios. IASAR/2; / 1 1 9. IASAR/121 ARABIC Author: Title: Detcrlptton: Date of work; Ms from: Other copies: CUMAR b. ABT BAKR. Satirical poem in sTn alif on a pupil of a Hausa malam who criticized the author's pronunciation of al-homdu ll-'llah. Asiakwa. 3 folios. IASAR/137; / 4 2 1. 20. PROJECT REPORTS IASAR/122 ARABIC Author; Title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copiei: (t) AL-HXJJ CU M AR b. ABI BA"KR (II) SHARTF YAH,YA AL-MAKKI (i) TARBTC AL-BURDA (») (i) Poetical elaboration of a poem by Abu" - Abdallah Muhammad b. SaCfd al-Buslrf /GAL. 1,264; Supplement I, 46/7. (ii) Poem in praise of an imanT- presumably ql-Hajj Umarb. AbfBakr. (0 '" ! 0 0 ' A . M. 1339 • 1921. Hohoe. 15 folios. IASAR/24 (without introduction). IASAR/123 ARABIC Author: Title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: Notes: ABU BAKR b. MUUAMMAD b. AL-HUSAYN b. DURAYD AL-AZDr AL-MAQSDRAT AL-KUBRX Well-known devotional poem. ' -1X3 Hohoe. 14 folios. GAL. I, p.113. . Author died AD 933. IASAR/124 ARABIC Author: Title: Description: bate of work: MS from: Other copies: A L - A D T B A L A S M AT §AWI SAFIR AL-BULBUL Humorous poem praising the voice of the nightingale • AL-MAWSILf Hohoe. 2 folios. IASAR/335. PROJECTS REPORTS 21. IASAR/125; ARABIC Author: Title: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: Notes: AHMAD AL MAQQARlAL TILIMSAXfAL ASH°ARf IDALAT AL-DUJUNNA U-KAWHjHA" |CTIGA"D AHL AL- Work of tawhTd. SUNNA ' Dodowa. 41 folios. GAL. I I, p.383. Author died AD 1631. •v IASAS/126 ARABIC Author: Description: Date of work: MS from: Other copies: Ijozo given to Malam Baba by Muhammad ThanT, with si Isi la through al-Hajj °Umar b. AbT Bakr to a l- Sffyutr/Through Katsina and BornuT. 22 Jumada I I, 1363 - 14 June, T944. Asiakwa. 1 folio. IASAR/127 ARABIC Author: Description: Dote of work: MS from: Other copies AL-rJAJJ °UMAR b. ABTBAKR BUSHRA MAN ATA"KA BASHlR. Poem in praise of Husayn al-Kashnawi, known as Salaw, Sarkin Zongo of Kumasi. 12 Muharram 1342 = 25 August 1923. Kete Krakye. IASAR/161(xiH); /168; /239 (i). 22. PROJECT REPORTS IASAR/128 ARABIC Author: TTtleT Description: Date of work; MS from: Other copies; Notes: CA B D A L L XH AL-KANAWf NUBDHA M IN DHIKR AWSAF AL-BILAD ADADMAWA". Compendium of historical and geographical informa- tion about Adamawa, including the text of a letter from cUthman dan Fodlo to Shaykh Adam Instructing him to call for jihad. Kete Krakye Abdallah dl-KahawT was sort oof the brother of al-Hajj °Umar b. Ab7 Bakr of Kete Krakye. This ' work was apparently written from Jos and sent to al-Hajj Umar. I . G. WTlks J . J. Holden