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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
Title:: M.J Weerabangsa Collection
Scope & Content:: Several manuscripts and family notes Custodial history: All material belonged to current owner's father, M.M.G Weerabangsa. The family traces its ancestry to Dato Dewa Sinthakirthy of Sumenep, Indonesia.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 565 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
Title:: H.M.N. Emran Collection
Scope & Content:: A collection of five letters related to Malay life in Sri Lanka Custodial history: Letters inherited from grandfathers on both sides of the family.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Malay
Date Range:: 1918-1931
Extent:: 5 TIFF images

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