Court cases heard at the courts in Penyengat, in the early 20th century. Notes: one letter has an embossed seal of RH Abdullah, with Sayid Syekh as one of the witnesses; one site map of piece of land and printed form. Watermark: Papier Normale.
Official deed from the sultan to one of his subjects, Abdul Mutalib. Dated 1325, double folio, badly damaged and held with sellotape. Issued by Sultan Abdulrahman Syah. Watermark is illegible.
Kitab Tajwid Al-Qur'an. Scribe: al-Haji Muhammad Qasih bin al-Haji Muhammad Husin al-Riau al-Jawi. Notes: very thick, white paper, good quality, damaged by insects but only certain sections; in black and violet ink, with 3 staplers in the ‘spine’. Watermark is illegible.
Perhimpunan Gunawan, a collection of love charms. Author: Khatijah Terung, written 5 Rajab 1329 (2 Jul 1911). Notes: 2 exercise books joined together, additions in a different hand; several tipped in pictures.
Ghayat al-Muna, poem about celestial princesses and Jinn. Written by Raja Haji Abdullah Abu Muhammad Adnan, 1320. Notes: good condition, written in pencil; pictures have been taped in, clipped from magazines and newspapers. The manusscript is formatted as a printed book together with table of con...
Ghayat al-Muna, poem about celestial princesses and Jinn. Written by Raja Haji Abdullah Abu Muhammad Adnan, 1320. Notes: Damaged at the sides but this has not affected the writing which is in pencil; vol. 3 of his poem translated and adapted from Arabic or Persian original in exercise book; this ...
Syair Siti Shianah, a didactic poem for women, explaining rules for daily life. Written by Raja Ali Haji, 1333. Notes: In exercise book, professionally repaired (by people from Perpustakaan Nasional?) in good condition, written in pencil; possibly copied by Abu Muhammad Adnan one of the grandsons...
Sejarah peraturan keturunan Raja Bugis di negeri Luwuk
Scope & Content:
Genealogy of the royal family in Sulawesi. Good quality white paper, pages loose in good condition, repaired; several drawn genealogical trees; red rubrication; written in red frames measuring 23 x 13 cm; some additions in the same hand and a few in a different hand; moulded at the margins. Water...
Recipes with medicinal effects. Author: Raja Ahmad Tabib, 1311. Printed book published by the print shop in Penyengat in jawi and Latin fonts; front cover seems to have disappeared; title page stapled to the next page[?]; back cover blue is still there but also atatched with staplers. Watermark: ...