Subject: Religious practice - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/9
Title:: Kitab Sembahyang serta Ma'ana
Scope & Content:: Manuscript written by Baba Ounus Saldn in Kampung Pangeran, Colombo in Rabi'a al Awal 1316 (1899). Meditations on prayer and its meanings, various recitations for different occasions. Some of the pages include Arabic texts with interlinear Malay translation. Toward end notes by various hands. Co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Malay
Date Range:: 1899
Extent:: 204 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/10
Title:: Doa 'Ashura
Scope & Content:: Handwritten note pad found inside Kitab Sembahyang serta Ma'ana. Include Doa 'Ashura and Talqin. Arabic with Malay interlinear translation. Note in English. Physical characteristics of original material: Ink running through pages. Dimensions: L 21 W 14 H 2. Extent and format of original mat...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Malay
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 20 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/11
Title:: Tarjamat Ratib al-Hadad
Scope & Content:: Printed book of various surahs from the Qur'an and the translation of Ratib al-Hadad into Arabu-Tamil. Note in English. Published 1913 in Colombo Physical characteristics of original material: Pages darkened. Dimensions: L 16.5 W 12 H 0.8. Extent and format of original material: book, 161 foli...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1923?
Extent:: 170 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/12
Title:: Qasidat al-Burdah
Scope & Content:: An anthology of Arabic poems "about the Prophet and the faith of Islam," including the famous poem by al-Busari, "well known as The Poem of the Scarf." With an English version and notes by Shaikh Faizullah-Bh'ai. Printed at the Education Society's Steam Press, Bombay. two pages of handwritten Ar...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1893
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/13
Title:: Notes on Typography
Scope & Content:: A bound notebook. On first page: Notes on typography," M.M Saldin's signature and date: 26.5.1914 Physical characteristics of original material: Brown cover, a bit torn. Dimensions: L 17.5 W 12 H 1. Extent and format of original material: notebook, 92 folios. Owner of original material: Jayar...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1914
Extent:: 96 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/14
Title:: Muhiudin Maulud
Scope & Content:: A Maulud in honor of Sheikh Muhiudin, the title commonly used in South India and elsewhere for Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani. Some Arabic verses with English translation handwritten after final pages of printed text. Some text in Arabu-Tamil. Physical characteristics of original material: Blue boo...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 128 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/15
Title:: Surat al-Yasin
Scope & Content:: The surat al-Yasin handwritten in Arabic by B.O. Saldin. Note by M.M. Saldin stating that the whole kitab was written by his late father found on first page. Some additional verses with English translation at the end. Physical characteristics of original material: Blue cover. Dimensions: L 10 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1901
Extent:: 44 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP609/5/16
Title:: M.M Saldin Notes
Scope & Content:: Handwritten notes by M.M Saldin. Several prayers, including Doa Selamat and Nisf Sha'aban. Found inside Kitab Sembahyang serta Ma'ana. Creation dates: 1920s? Physical characteristics of original material: Pages darkened. Extent and format of original material: notes, 17 folios. Owner of origina...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Malay
Date Range:: 1920s
Extent:: 21 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

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