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1. Add MS 4828*

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Title:
Malay letter from Datuk Raja Kuasa to Richard Farmer of Bengkulu, 1718
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Letter from Datuk Raja Kuasa to Richard Farmer, Deputy Governor of Bengkulu (Orang Kaya Komandar Bangkahulu), [14 January 1718]. Orang Kaya Datuk Raja Kuasa was a senior minister of Sultan Takdirullah (Raja Kecil Besar) of Anak Sungai (r. 1716-1728) (with thanks to C. B...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
1718
Extent:
1 item; 2 folios.

2. Add MS 4924

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Title:
Map of the southern portion of 'Magindano' (i.e. the sultanate of Maguindanao, on the western side of the island of Mindanao, in the southern Philippines), drawn by Fakymolano, elder brother of the Sultan.
Scope & Content:
This map was drawn by 'Fakymolano', i.e. Fakih Maulana Muhammad Amiruddin, former sultan of Maguindanao, for Captain Thomas Forrest, during a visit to Mindanao in 1775. The map and geographical namesin Malay in Jawi scrip are by Fakymolano, with romanized transliterations added by Forrest. It wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 12273-12401

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Title:
Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian Archipelago," and obtained by him during his official residence in Java, etc., in 1811-15.
Scope & Content:
Javanese MSS: Collection by John Crawfurd, Esq.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Buginese, English, Javanese, Malay, and Persian
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
133 items

4. Add MS 12347

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Title:
Hikayat Amir Hamzah
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a Makasar version of the Malay Hikayat Amir Hamzah. Written in Makasar script (read from left to right), with insertions in Malay in Jawi script (read from right to left) marking the start of new chapters and sections in the text. The text should be read starting from f. 37r and en...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Makasar and Malay
Date Range:
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Extent:
1 item; 37 folios

5. Add MS 12376

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Title:
Hikayat Dewa Mandu
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Containing a story, interwoven with pantun, of Raja Kangsa Indra Pekerma Raja. Both beginning and end are missing. A note on f.219v dated 1200 AH (1785/6 AD) mentions the owner as Encik Babah of Kampung Tawang, Semarang. On ff.217-22 are writing exercises and rough way...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
18th century-early 19th century
Extent:
222 folios

6. Add MS 12377

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Title:
Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Colophon on f.186r mentioned the copyist Te'ku [sic] Kecil bin Te'ku Itam. Ff.1r-7v consist of rough jottings, short pieces of Malay text, and (ff.1r-4v) a Javanese letter in Javanese script to the translator at Yogyakarta (juru basa ing luji dalem ing Ngayujakarta Adini...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese and Malay
Date Range:
18th-early 19th century
Extent:

186 folios

7. Add MS 12378

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Title:
Tāj al-salāṭīn
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Taj al-salatin, a 'mirror for princes', concerning the duties of kings, subjects and officials. A shortened version of the text.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

56 folios

8. Add MS 12379

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Title:
Hikayat Isma Yatim
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Hikayat Isma Yatim, end is missing. Niemann says the text differs from various MSS in Leiden U.L., BL India Office, and RAS, but the story follows the same general development. On f.1r are some English letters, a phrase, and in Malay the statement that Raja Ahmad wrote t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
18th-Early 19th century
Extent:

97 folios

9. Add MS 12380

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Title:
Syair Mesa Gumitar
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Syair Mesa Gumitar, containing the story of a king of Kuripan in Java, apparently related to the Panji stories. Probably a versification of the Hikayat Mesa Gumitar. On the title page called Syair Kera Emas, 'The poem of the Golden Monkey'.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
18th century-early 19th century
Extent:

55 folios

10. Add MS 12381

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Title:
Syair Dang Sarat
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Syair Dang Sarat, a romance in verse concerning an unnamed ruler of Johor and his wives the queen of Patani and the dayang (damsel) Dang Sarat.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
18th-Early 19th century
Extent:

69 folios