Another important dossier, with subdivisions or “chemises” established on the basis of the kingdom or the leader. About 15 pieces.

Sero; Markadugu, Almamy Touba; Hamon. Intelligence on Muniru b Umar at Bandiagara; Bafoulabe; Masina. Letter from a descendant of the royal family of Hamdullahi pledging support to the French campaign.

An extremely important dossier, consisting of a register of French translations of Arabic letters, mainly from and to Ahmad al-Kabir and his circle. They seem to have been translated in Kayes about 1894, and were perhaps captured in Bandiagara in 1893. The first and main section includes subsections B, A and L. The second section has several letters from Ahmad al-Bakkay, written probably in the early 1860s as he sought to mount a campaign against Umar in Masina.

Another large and important dossier, in which one can see the growing relationship between Agibu b Umar and the French, up until the moment that Colonel Archinard puts Agibu on the “throne” of Bandiagara in 1893 as the “king of Masina,” just as Ahmad al-Kabir and his circle hastily depart Bandiagara for the east in what is known as the hijra Ahmad al-Kabir Most of the material goes up to 1894.

A large and important dossier, organized around the campaign to undermine Ahmad al-Kabir and conquer the “Tokolor Empire.” French strategy and correspondence with many Umarians and Umarian opponents; French translations of Arabic correspondence found in Segu and Nioro. About 225 pieces. [See MAMMP, reel 3.]

Important file consisting of archives seized by the French as they took over the Soudan, including correspondence of al-hajj Buguni and other leaders of the Middle Niger, materials from Bandiagara, and the archives of the post of Kayes, the headquarters of the commandant superieur.