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1. EAP609/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1
Title:
B.D.K. Saldin Collection
Scope & Content:
Collection includes several manuscripts, notebooks, song book and a Malay dictionary. Materials written in Malay, Arabic, and some sections in Javanese. Most manuscripts are compendiums including charms, theological texts and stories of the prophets. Approximate dating: mid-late 19th century. So...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
1052 TIFF images

2. EAP609/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/3
Title:
Abdul Hamid Singalaxana Diary
Scope & Content:
Bound dark brown notebook, covered with cellophane. A record of family events – births, deaths etc. Abdul Hamid Singalaxana was B.D.K Saldin's grand-uncle from his paternal and maternal sides, due to intermarriage within the family. Creation dates: earliest entry 1868; latest 1963. Physical cha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1963
Extent:
104 TIFF images

3. EAP609/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/6
Title:
Pocket Prayer Book
Scope & Content:
Small book, seems to have been put together as a pocket book. Found inside a larger book (Arabic Religious Text), prayers Physical characteristics of original material: Good condition but pages damaged at edges, discolored. Dimensions: L 6 W 4. Extent and format of original material: small boo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

4. EAP609/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/7
Title:
A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang
Scope & Content:
James Howison’s A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang (London, 1800). Printed Malay-English dictionary and grammar. First pages missing, including title and publishing details. End also missing. Recently re-bound....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Malay
Date Range:
1801
Extent:
174 TIFF images

5. EAP609/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/8
Title:
Saldin Family Records
Scope & Content:
This is the diary of family records of Tuan Junaideen Saldin, BDK Saldin’s father, recording events including births, deaths, marriages, career records. Creation dates: births recorded from as early as 1906 but most records are from the 1940s onwards. Physical characteristics of original materi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

6. EAP609/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/3
Title:
Java Lane Mosque
Scope & Content:
A range of documents relating to the Java Lane Mosque including deeds, minutes, marriage registrars, letters, lists and more. There are documents about houses belonging to the mosque which were taken over by the government in the 1970s. Some compensation money was received and was spent on renov...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1876-1927
Extent:
102 TIFF images

7. EAP609/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/3/1
Title:
Java Lane 1876 Deed
Scope & Content:
Title deed of Masjidul Jamiah Jawatta Malay burial ground deed no. 4209 of 22.12.1876 Physical characteristics of original material: Some running ink, much of writing still clean, some holes in paper, some pages are very dark. Extent and format of original material: collated documents, 57 folio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
60 TIFF images

8. EAP609/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/3/2
Title:
Java Lane 1927 Deed
Scope & Content:
Documents related to election of Mosque trustees and the hereditary position of Mosque Katib Physical characteristics of original material: A typewritten document with a black cover only at the back and held together by a pink ribbon. Fragile condition. Dimensions: L 34 W 21 H 0.5. Extent a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
42 TIFF images

9. EAP609/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/4/1
Title:
Kitab al-Awrad
Scope & Content:
Prayers to ward off various illnesses and other calamities. On title page there is a note in English: "This Kitab Awrad was written by Baba Ounus Saldin, bin Kapitan Saldin, July 1904. Some of the material is in Gundal script. Physical characteristics of original material: Black cloth cover. R...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
143 TIFF images

10. EAP609/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/4/2
Title:
Subhana Maulud
Scope & Content:
Book in printed Arabic script. Some notes at the beginning and several handwritten pages at the end, with some English translation. A text recited on the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's birth. Creation dates: 1920s? Owner's name and the year 1923 are on the title page. Physical characteri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
96 TIFF images

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