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...
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'.
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.
In Malay in Jawi script. Hikayat Ular Nangkawang, the beginning is missing and the end abrupt. Faint repeated scribbled names in pencil in an English hand on f.91v: Rob Scott, Penang, Bennett, Cotton, Joseph Esq. Prayer in Arabic on f.92r.
In Malay in Jawi script. Hikayat Hang Tuah. According to a note on f.1r, this MS was copied in the port of Kedah from a MS belonging to the Sultan, with the permission of the Datuk Bendahara, and was brought to Penang during the time of Governor Bruce (Mar-Dec 1810), where it was owned by Bapu K...
In Malay in Jawi script. Hikayat Putera Gangga. In the beginning is told the story of one Maharaja Derma Dewa, descended from a 'raja di kainderaan', who founds a state called Mercu Negara. Ending abrupt.
In Malay in Jawi script. Hikayat Dewa Indera Layangan, telling the story of a king Mengindera Cuaca of Indera Perjangga and his sons. Colophon on f.69r states that the MS was completed on 30 Safar 1230 (11 February 1815) in Kampung Melayu, Semarang (tarikh seribu dua ratus tiga puluh tahun kepad...
Hikayat perintah negeri Benggala, 'Account of the state of Bengal', in Malay in Jawi script. Composed by Ahmad Rijaluddin ibn Hakim Long Fakir Kandu about his journey from Penang to Bengal in the company of Robert Scott, the account dated Ramadan 1226 (September 1811).
Hikayat Mesa Taman Sira Panji Jayeng Kusuma, in Malay in Jawi script. A note in Javanese on f.2r identifies this as the property of one 'Pangeran Sarip Surya'. The text ends with a syair on ff.113r-114v; the colophon on f.114v gives the date 15 Syaaban, a Friday, but no year.