Find Manuscripts and Archival Material Online
- African Ajami LibraryAAL is a collaborative open access public repository of aggregated Ajami materials. This initiative between Boston University and the West African Research Center (WARC) is partly funded by the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme.
Included are the following sub collections:
Amharic Manuscripts
Fuuta Jalon Pular Ajami Manuscripts
Hausa Manuscripts
Mandinka Ajami and Arabic Manuscripts of Casamance Senegal
Philippe Beaujard Sorabe (Malagasy) Ajami Collection
Wolofal Manauscripts Senegal
For more information on Ajami, also see our Library Guide: Ajami
- Islamic Manuscripts from MaliA cooperative project between the Library of Congress and the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library.
Find Manuscripts and Archive: Catalogs and Databases
The manuscripts found using these tools may be available online or only accessible in print in various location around the world
- Union Catalog of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World The combined holdings of the contributing Libraries of the UK are of considerable intellectual and cultural significance. All participating libraries have been selectively collecting manuscripts from all subject areas, and of various geographical origins, dating from the 7th to the 19th century CE. FIHRIST is a free on-line catalogue for manuscript descriptions. FIHRIST is not a digital Library. If a digital copy of a works exists on-line, a link is provided and maintained by the institution holding the manuscript. To request digital copies, or contact the institution directly, you may use the field Comment on this record at the bottom of every description.
