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Language Burmese Digitised Content Yes (unavailable) Level [40] File

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 12399
Title:: Letters and fragments of hikayats, mostly religious stories on 'Ali, Fatima and the mi'raj of the Prophet.
Scope & Content:: Malay fragments, some letters are translated from Bugis and Makassar. Several items are dated AD 1813-1814. In Malay in Jawi script. On ff. 59v-58v is found an Old Javanese text, which is a (rather inaccurate) eyecopy from lines 1–11 of the front face of the Baru charter (National Museum of ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese, Malay, and Old Javanese
Date Range:: Early 19th century
Extent:: 59 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 4098
Title:: [Trading permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan]
Scope & Content:: A permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan (r. 1710-1731 A.D.) to the Armenian merchant Khwajeh Georgin, giving him permission to trade. Dated 1090 (1728 A.D.). Longest and earliest dated palm leaf in the Burmese Collection. In Arakanese.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 1728
Extent:: A single leaf

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