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• Kabirto - ʻAlawī b. ʻAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʻAbd al-Qādir b. Ḥāǧǧ Ḥamza

The present custodian of the manuscript collection digitized is a descendant of the Kabirto lineage, from the Arabic kabīr, here used in the meaning of “learned man”, issued from Kabīr ʻAlī b. Muḥammad Dūrus of the Haralla. The Kabirto represent the maraboutic branch of the Ḥarallā group, starting from Kabīr Alī, son of Muḥammad Dūrus, while from his brother, Dawūd b. Muḥammad, originated the Dardōrtì branch. The custodian keeps in his private house part of the manuscript collection of his family which has been kept in Awsa, by his grandfather, Ḥāǧǧ Šarīf, until 20 years ago.