Archive Reference (shelfmark): Or 4942 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4942
Title:: Miscellaneous Oriental manuscripts
Scope & Content:: Miscellaneous Oriental manuscripts, in a variety of languages, now mostly housed separately
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11th century - 19th century
Extent:: Various

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4942, f. 214
Title:: Balinese letter to Mads Lange
Scope & Content:: Letter (incomplete), written in a mixture of Malay and Balinese language in Balinese script, to Mads Johannsen Lange (addressed as twan langö), regarding a consignment of coffee, undated but possibly ca. 1839, when Mads Lange settled in Kuta. The writer informs Mr Lange that he met up with Lange...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Balinese and Malay
Date Range:: 1839
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4942, ff. 228-229
Title:: A letter in Malay giving an account of a conversion to Christianity
Scope & Content:: ‘A letter in Malay giving an account of a conversion to Christianity’, in Malay in Jawi script. Autobiographical statement by a Malay living in Kampung Boyan (Singapore) on his conversion, seemingly written at the behest of a missionary (addressed as ‘tuan’). Begins: Bahwa ini peringatan sahaya...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 2 folios

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