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Register containing notes on deaths, births, visits by VIPs and other matters. Inside cover also used for notes while there are also pages left blank; in addition, the register contains sections of the Kitab Obat by Raja Daud. Loose binding, good quality European paper, no watermark present.
Text detailing traditional medicines. Copied by Raja Daud, ) 14 Muharram 1351 (20/5/1932). Notes: Exercise book with loose binding, not all is written; has an impression of Raja Abbas – PM Indonesiers seal on front and his signature on front and back cover; copied from a manuscript by Raja Daud b...
Manuscript copy of Silsilah Raja Melayu, a book about Malay royalty. Written by R. Muhammad Yunus, 1938. Notes: Manuscript copy of the printed book Kitab Silsilah Raja' Melayu with many taped-in photographs of sultans clipped from magazines and newspapers; some additional notes and letters and ta...
Romantic poem. Written by R. Abdullah Riau Pulau Penyengat kampung Tengah, 1931. Some stains but in good condition; exercise book containing 2 syair: second is Syair pengasih budi copied out of an almanac published by Balai Pustaka.
Syair Perkawinan Raja Muhammad Yusuf dan raja Zaleha [1345 H]
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Poem chronicalling the marriage of the last Viceroy. Written in exercise book in blue ink; poem is untitled, at the bottom of first page we find: yang mengarang RH Ahmad; there is also a note of the owner with date: 6/8/1345 (9/2/1927).
Poem on divination. Written by RH Ahmed Tabib, 1915. Loose binding but still complete; lithographed edition published by Haji Muhammad Amin Singapura, no. 7 Bagdad Street (has a seal impression at the back); back cover contains an illustration of a flower pot, which has been coloured in. Two othe...
Text on divination. Reasonable condition, has been repaired in the past; a letter has been pasted in to the beginning of the book. Written by Syekh Ahmad Musa al-Zarkawi, December 1920.
Text on divination, incomplete. First and last page loose and damaged, others in much better condition but with insect traces; in prose; title found on wrapper around the manuscript, not written on the manuscript itself. Watermark: AJI & S.
Malay grammar, possibly incomplete. Nicely handwritten copy of the grammar, however the order of the pages may have been lost when it was last repaired. No covers and some pages are loose. Watermark: Shield with crown above and the capitel letter L above that.