Tlgrinya Ajamjon Naja.si Philological Analysis Of Sayij Umar Abrars Manuscripts

This thes is exa mines a manuscript in Tigrinya that is written in the Arabic script. A text in a nonArabicrnlanguage that is written in the Arabic script is known in Arabic as 'ajaml. The 'ajamlrnmanu script the thes is dea ls with focuses on the 7'h-century king of Abyssin ia, popularly ca lledrnNajasl by Mus lims. He was contemporary with the Pro phet Mul,ammad . The manuscript wasrnwritten by a Mus lim clerical scholar of the Tigray region, Say!] 'Umar Abrar, who lived in thernlast quarter of the 19'" century .and the first half of the 20'" century. In addit io n to a detai ledrnphilological a nalys is of the manuscript on Najasl, the thes is provides brief descriptions ofrnfourteen other manuscripts of the Say!]. It is believed that this thesis const itutes the first scho larlyrntreatme nt ofTigrinya 'ajaml.rnMost of the manuscripts of Sayl] 'Umar are in Tigrinya 'ajaml; some are in Arabic and a few inrnAmharic 'ajaml. Apart /i'om the one on Najasl, the other manuscripts deal with such to pics asrninheritance, genea logy, j urisprudence and Mawlid.rnBased on the manuscripts of Sayl] ' Umar, especia lly on the aspects concerning the emigrantrncompanions of the Prophet who were welcomed by Najasl, the thesis hopes to contr ibute to thernhisto ry of Is lam and Muslims in northern Ethiopia.

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