Scope and Contents From the Series: The Umarian library of Segu, also called the Fonds Archinard, is housed at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. The material was brought from Segu, the main Umarian capital, by Colonel Louis Archinard after capturing the city in 1890. The BNP bound the volumes and put them at the disposition of researchers in the early 20th century in the Fonds Arabe. There are 518 volumes in all, and 491 of them are consecutive from volume 5259 of the Fonds Arabe to volume 5749. The volumes vary...