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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/9/1
Title:: Khotba Book
Scope & Content:: A manuscript containing sermons presented at the Wekande Mosque in Slave Island, Colombo, by Muhammad Tajudin Tamim Ameer (1904-1972), grandfather of present owner. Includes special sermons for Idul Fitr and Idul Adha. Some parts of the volume may be older, dating from the 19th century. In Arabi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1940s?
Extent:: 229 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/12/1
Title:: Arabic Recitations Notebook
Scope & Content:: Recitations in Arabic and Malay. Some Gundal script. Possibly created in the 1930s. Physical characteristics of original material: Pages are brown. No cover, binding is falling apart, fragile. Handwriting in black and red ink. Extent and format of original material: manuscript, 142 folios, Gnei...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Malay
Date Range:: 1930s
Extent:: 145 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/15/1
Title:: Sinthaby Badulla Diary
Scope & Content:: The notebook gives details of home remedies, grocery lists, land purchase details, marriages and deaths. Some text in Gundal script. Physical characteristics of original material: Pages are brown, pages falling out, no cover, a few loose pages. A patch of ink running through many pages. Dimensi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1895
Extent:: 66 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/16/1
Title:: A Grammar of the Malayan Language
Scope & Content:: A copy of the well known Malay Grammar by William Marsden, published in London in 1812. Some text in Gundal. Physical characteristics of original material: In good condition. Bound with a hard cover, blue cloth spine. Dimensions: L 26 W 21 H 2. Extent and format of original material: printed ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Malay
Date Range:: 1812
Extent:: 290 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/16/2
Title:: Arabic Praises for the Prophet
Scope & Content:: A beautifully illuminated manuscript in Arabic, including a maulud text. Final pages have some interlinear Malay translation. Some text in Gundal. Left unfinished Physical characteristics of original material: In good condition. Bound with a hard cover. Writing and colors mostly clear. Dimensio...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Malay
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 136 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/17/1
Title:: Kitab Nujum
Scope & Content:: Astrology book. End missing. Malay, Arabic, Arabu-Tamil, English Physical characteristics of original material: Small brown notebook – hard cover, pages separated at the spine. Dimensions: L 11 W 6.5 H 0.5. Extent and format of original material: manuscript, 94 folios. Custodial history: Man...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1930-
Extent:: 100 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/17/3
Title:: Angkatan Menulis Ism
Scope & Content:: Prayers and recitations for a range of occasions, many to be used for protection (i.e guarding one's body and property from danger). Some text in Gundal. Creation dates: unknown, but written in notebook from Girls High School in Kandy which may provide an indication Physical characteristics of ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 66 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/17/4
Title:: Weerabangsa Family Notes
Scope & Content:: Notes and dates relating to the Weerabangsa family history. Creation dates: Compiled by Maas Tuan Jury Weerabangsa in 1924 in Kurunegala and revised in 1940 in Kandy. Some text in Gundal. Physical characteristics of original material: A large book, coming apart at the spine, pages frayed. Extre...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Malay
Date Range:: 1924-1940
Extent:: 164 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/17/7
Title:: Talai Fatiha Doa
Scope & Content:: The Talai Fatiha poem written by Imam al-'Arus and widely recited among Muslim Tamils and Malays in Sri Lanka, various recitations and advice on Muslim life. Arabic, Arabu-Tamil, Malay, Gundal. Physical characteristics of original material: A lined notebook. Ink running in several places. Exten...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Malay
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 115 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/20/1
Title:: Malay Progressive Union Letter
Scope & Content:: Letter written on Malay Progressive Union letterhead in 1939. Addressed to Tuan Haj Muhammad Anwar bin Hasan asking for books to staudy Malay. Some text in Gundal. Physical characteristics of original material: Laminated page. Extent and format of original material: letter, one folio. Custodial...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Malay
Date Range:: 1929
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

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