Misk Al- Adfar: Description and Analysis of A Text About Sayh Ja'far Bukko (1793 -1860)
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis presents a philological and content analysis of the Arabic manuscript
Misk al-A&,ar ji Manaqib Say! al-lfaqq al-Sayo Ja 'jar Sidd"iq Bukko (The
Pungent Musk on the deeds of SaYD Ja 'far SiddTq Bukko, the sword of truth)
written by FaqTh Mul)ammad, the youngest son of SaYD Ja 'far. The manuscript
and the thesis deal with the life and times of an outstanding 19th-century Sufi
cleric, scholar and religious revivalist of Wallo, SaYD Ja 'far Bukko. Misk alA&,
ar is a hagiographical work dealing with SaYD Ja ' far and his contemporaries,
along with many other associated events that happened at that time in and around
the region where the SaYD lived. Moreover, this research investigates SaYD
Ja'far 's religious reform activities directed against the traditional religious and
secular authorities of the region. To this end, SaYD Ja 'far fought against Emperor
Tewodros II who ravaged Wallo in the second half of the 19th century.
Accordingly, this study describes the philological and content feature of the
manuscript, Misk al-A&,ar, including translation and analysis of selected portions
of the ms that deal with the social and political history of 19th century Wallo
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