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131. Add MS 12398

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Title:
Farquhar letter book
Scope & Content:
In Malay in Jawi script. Scribal copies of 121 letters from neighbouring rulers sent to and from William Farquhar (1774-1839), first British Resident of Singapore (1819-1823), and related documents.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Malay
Date Range:
1818-1822
Extent:

77 folios

132. Add MS 12399

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Title:
Letters and fragments of hikayats, mostly religious stories on 'Ali, Fatima and the mi'raj of the Prophet.
Scope & Content:
Malay fragments, some letters are translated from Bugis and Makassar. Several items are dated AD 1813-1814. In Malay in Jawi script. On ff. 59v-58v is found an Old Javanese text, which is a (rather inaccurate) eyecopy from lines 1–11 of the front face of the Baru charter (National Museum of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese, Malay, and Old Javanese
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

59 folios

133. Add MS 12400 A

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Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. a.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

134. Add MS 12400 A-B

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Title:
CHRONOLOGICAL sketch of Burmese history, commencing with the year B.C. 691, and coming down to A.D. 1822; in Burmese; accompanied by an English translation, made by Mr. Judson. This is the manuscript used in Crawfurd's " Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Ava," Vol. ii. p. 277. App. p. 56. 2d edit. 8vo. 1834. Written on a folded sheet of native paper. Tall Folio. [12,400. a. b.]
Scope & Content:
Judson: An English translation of a chronological sketch of Burmese history from B.C. 691 to A.D. 1822. Burma: Chronological sketch of Burmese History, B.C. 691-A.D. 1822, in Burmese with an English translation by Mr. Judson.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
2 items

135. Add MS 12400 B

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Scope & Content:
Vol. b.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

136. Add MS 12401

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Title:
Scope & Content:
TuTEH NAMEH, or Tales of' a Parrot; in Persian. Octavo. [12,401 ] John Crawfurd: Collection of Oriental Mss. chiefly Javanese and Bugis. Fables: Tuteh Nameh, or tales of a Parrot: in Persian.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

137. Or 6622

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Or 6622
Title:
Primbon
Scope & Content:
On the basis of a brief examination. Dr. Th. G. Th. Pigeaud describes this as a primbon consisting of three or more parts, one part concerns medical lore and legal material; another contains Arabic in Javanese script. The MS seems to be of considerable antiquity. It is written on very thin and d...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Javanese
Date Range:
16th-17th century
Extent:
1 item; 27 folios

138. Or 9333

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Or 9333
Title:
Drawings of wayang figures
Scope & Content:
43 coloured figures from the wayang shadow puppet theatre, identifiedby romanized notes. In several different hands. Contents: f. 1v: Anoman Dewi Andjani f. 2r: Patih Beradjamaestie, Peraboe Dasamaeka f. 2v: Ratoe Goening mandoera, Bagawang Sakalima f. 3r: Perboe Astinapatie, Magang Tjitera...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
Late 19th-early 20th century
Extent:
1 item; 16 folios

139. Or 13523

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Or 13523
Title:
Works in Javanese by Kyai Haji Ahmad Rifa‘i of Kalisalak
Scope & Content:
Works by Kyai Haji Ahmad Rifa‘i of Kalisalak (1786-1876). Ahmad Rifa‘i established his pĕsantren at Kalisalak after spending 1833-41 in Mecca, and was exiled by the Dutch colonial regime to Ambon in 1859, where he died. A: ff. 1r.-48r. Nazham tazkiyyah, by Haji Ahmad al-Rifa‘i ibn Muhammad Ma...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Javanese
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 item; 244 folios

140. Or 13572

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Or 13572
Title:
A collection of legal texts in Javanese
Scope & Content:
A collection of legal texts. On the title page identified as Nawala Pradata-dalĕm, referring to the first text in the volume. A: ff. 1r.-3r. A printed text beginning, Pengĕt, nawalaningsun Kangjĕng Susuhunan Pakubuwana … ingsun gadhuhakĕn marang kawulaningsun si Angabehi Amongpraja. A legal te...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Javanese
Date Range:
1782-1832
Extent:
1 item; 356 folios