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Islamic Manuscripts from Mali


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Risalah ila al-Qaba'il al-Mutaqatilin (Letter to the Warring Tribes)

ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
An Argument for Peace

AUTHOR/CREATOR
Sayyid al-Mukhtar ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Kunti al-Kabir

NOTES
The author, a scholar and religious leader, urges warring factions to make peace and live in peace. He supports his argument with quotations from the Koran and allusions to the practice of Muhammad and his companions, which require the faithful to avoid discord, to reconcile, and to live in peace and tolerance.

SUBJECT
Islamic manuscripts
Arabic calligraphy
Timbuktu manuscripts
Arabic script
Arabic manuscripts

LANGUAGE
Arabic

REPOSITORY
Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library

DIGITAL ID
aftmh tam018
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/aftmh.tam018

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