عنوان

A THEMATIC EXPOSITION OF THE NUPE AJAMI MANUSCRIPT HERITAGE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA

شماره

LA110930

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

A THEMATIC EXPOSITION OF THE NUPE AJAMI MANUSCRIPT HERITAGE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Muhammad Umaru Ndagi

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

After the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria early in the nineteenth century, various groups of Muslims adopted Ajami1 for transcribing their indigenous languages. The spread of Islam in Nupeland, like in other parts of the Muslim world, was thus accompanied by the growth of a local Islamic literature written in Arabic script. This essay calls attention to the Nupe Ajami manuscripts of northern Nigeria, with a view to clarifying their central themes. Previous studies reveal that the large intellectual output by the scholars of the Sokoto jihad includes not only Islamic religious sciences but also medicine, law, and administration. But researchers have not paid attention to the contents of Nupe Ajami manuscripts. I have chosen ten manuscripts for analysis in this essay. Seven of them are from the collection at the Northern History Research Scheme (NHRS), a postgraduate library in the department of history at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The remaining three manuscripts are from collections in private hands. I have cited only a few lines from each, and have provided their English transliterations and translations, followed by a concise commentary. By bringing this particular literary heritage to the attention of scholars, I hope this essay will stimulate research on Nupe Ajami that could broaden our understanding of the Islamic intellectual traditions of northern Nigeria After the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria early in the nineteenth century, various groups of Muslims adopted Ajami1 for transcribing their indigenous languages. The spread of Islam in Nupeland, like in other parts of the Muslim world, was thus accompanied by the growth of a local Islamic literature written in Arabic script. This essay calls attention to the Nupe Ajami manuscripts of northern Nigeria, with a view to clarifying their central themes. Previous studies reveal that the large intellectual output by the scholars of the Sokoto jihad includes not only Islamic religious sciences but also medicine, law, and administration. But researchers have not paid attention to the contents of Nupe Ajami manuscripts. I have chosen ten manuscripts for analysis in this essay. Seven of them are from the collection at the Northern History Research Scheme (NHRS), a postgraduate library in the department of history at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The remaining three manuscripts are from collections in private hands. I have cited only a few lines from each, and have provided their English transliterations and translations, followed by a concise commentary. By bringing this particular literary heritage to the attention of scholars, I hope this essay will stimulate research on Nupe Ajami that could broaden our understanding of the Islamic intellectual traditions of northern Nigeria

تاريخ نشر

2011

توصيف ظاهري

11-33

عنوان

Islamic Africa

شماره جلد

2/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2154-0993

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Muhammad Umaru Ndagi

شماره بازیابی

10.5192/21540993020111

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y