Timbuktu Manuscripts
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timbuktu-manuscripts-182-5164050
title:
Timbuktu Manuscripts
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Timbuktu Manuscripts, or Tombouctou Manuscripts, is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali. The collections include manuscripts about art, medicine, philosophy, and science, as well as copies of the Quran. Timbuktu manuscripts are the most well known set of West African manuscripts. The manuscripts are written in Arabic and several African languages, in the Ajami
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Manuscripts preserved in Timbuktu, Mali
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu_Manuscripts
date created:
2006-09-25T11:54:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T07:09:47Z
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