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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. EAP609/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/4/3
Title:
Doa Selamat
Scope & Content:
Two hand written pages of a prayer in Arabic titled Doa Selamat. Note in English: "for any celebration duwa salamath" Physical characteristics of original material: Edges a bit frayed. Dimensions: L 28 W 20.5. Extent and format of original material: two folios. Custodial history: Mrs Musafer’s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

10. EAP609/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/5/2
Title:
Kitab al-Awrad
Scope & Content:
Handwritten booklet of various prayers and recitations, most in Arabic followed by an English translation Physical characteristics of original material: Brown cover. Dimensions: L 13 W 11 H 0.4. Extent and format of original material: handwritten booklet, 48 folios. Owner of original materia...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Malay
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
52 TIFF images

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