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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/17/5
Title:: Register of Services
Scope & Content:: First pages (from left to right) list data of offences (for example gaming, cruelty to animals) and outcomes from Hatton court. The entries begin from 10/7/1983. Followed by may pages of writing in Arabu-Tamil, likely older. A note in Arabic and a note in Tamil found between pages. Creation date...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Tamil
Date Range:: [1983]
Extent:: 86 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/18
Title:: Maas Maureen Weerabangsa Collection
Scope & Content:: Two items Custodial history: Materials inherited from late mother (d. 2011), Gnei Kitchil Sarap.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Tamil
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 665 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/18/2
Title:: Arabu-Tamil Prayerbook
Scope & Content:: Book of prayers and recitations. Note on title page: Kitab Akirat. First printed page has title as Ta'lim al-Sibyan. Printed by Shah al-Hamid, Madras. Arabu-Tamil, Arabic, notes in Tamil and Gundul. Physical characteristics of original material: There are some pencil marks on the first 2 pages....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Tamil
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 207 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/19
Title:: Farooq Latiff Collection
Scope & Content:: A marriage registration book Custodial history: Inherited from Farooq Latiff's father, Muyinudeen Buhary Latiff, who inherited the book from his father, Buhary Noordeen Latiff.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1924-1927
Extent:: 182 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/19/1
Title:: Marriage Registration Record Book
Scope & Content:: Contains records of marriages performed at the Wekande Mosque in Slave Island, Colombo, beginning in 1924. Arabic, Tamil, English, and Arabu-Tamil. Physical characteristics of original material: Pages are brown, the book has no spine, so the pages are held together very loosely. Some pages are ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1924-1927
Extent:: 182 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/25
Title:: Maas Naleera Rahim Collection
Scope & Content:: Collection includes a copy of a section of Marsden's Malay Grammar, a letter, and notes of various recitation.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1897-1975?
Extent:: 216 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/25/2
Title:: Wasilan
Scope & Content:: A compilation of wasilan, powerful recitations that are believed to protect the reciter and bring about desired outcomes if used correctly. Physical characteristics of original material: Thick notebook with different coloured pages. Extent and format of original material: handwritten notes, 67 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1975?
Extent:: 71 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/28/1
Title:: Doole-Cassim Tidbits
Scope & Content:: Large record book containing clippings and information about the Doole and Cassim family. Creation dates: date range of compiling materials unknown. Physical characteristics of original material: Generally good condition, though some pages are loose and some writing difficult to read. Dimension...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 82 TIFF images

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