ALA I

Arabic Literature of Africa, Vol. I: The Writings of Eastern Sudanic Africa, compiled by R.S. O’Fahey et al. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994.

ALA II

Arabic Literature of Africa, Vol. II: The Writings of Central Sudanic Africa, compiled by J.O. Hunwick et al. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995.

Aʿlām

Khayr al-Dīn al-Ziriklī, al-Aʿlām: qāmūs tarājim li-ash’har al-rijāl wa’l-nisāʾ min al-ʿArab wa’l-mustaʿribīn wa’l-mustashriqīn, 8 vols. 7th edn., Beirut, 1986.

BCEHSAOF

Bulletin du Comité d’Études historiques et scientifiques de l’Afrique Occidentale Française.

BIFAN

Bulletin de l’Institut…