Islamic Manuscript Collections in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Muslims introduced literary culture and manuscript collection in the mosques after the introduction of Islam in the seventh century. Books stored and preserved in a bookshelves known as taqet (Arabic, tāqat, shelf). This clearly shows African endogenous culture of preserving textual materi...

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Auteur principal: Kawo, Hassen Muhammad (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2015
Dans: Islamic Africa
Année: 2015, Volume: 6, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 192-200
Sujets non-standardisés:B Manuscript collection
B Dirre Shaykh Hussein
B Ajami
B Literary heritage
B Arabic
B Taqet (book shelve), Harar
B Ethiopia
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Résumé:Ethiopian Muslims introduced literary culture and manuscript collection in the mosques after the introduction of Islam in the seventh century. Books stored and preserved in a bookshelves known as taqet (Arabic, tāqat, shelf). This clearly shows African endogenous culture of preserving textual material that before the introduction of European models for archives and museums. This article demonstrates the collection of Islamic manuscripts in Ethiopian state archives and private collections and illustrates their challenges with recommendation to rescue the collections.
ISSN:2154-0993
Contient:Enthalten in: Islamic Africa
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/21540993-00602012