Official deed from the sultan to one of his subjects, Abdul Mutalib. Dated 1325, double folio, badly damaged and held with sellotape. Issued by Sultan Abdulrahman Syah. Watermark is illegible.
Haza Darsu al-Fatah; Boenga tandjoeng, text on Fiqh and the basics of the faith. The cover features the name Aisyah. Notes: Exercise book with many pages missing; inside front cover: Malay Exercise Book; kassim Hillstreet Singapore; various notes.
Text on divination. Loose binding, paper stained but ms well legible; illuminated book of divination on strong paper, rubricated with red ink and with coloured illustrations. Author unnamed, undated. Watermark: PRO PATRIA.
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...
Badly damaged loose pages from Cik Dolah's diary, with an accompanying letter. Originally found in a green folder containing several loose items. Watermark: LINGGA RIOUW. The remainder of the diary is catalogued as EAP153/13/47.
Kitab Tajwid Al-Qur'an. Scribe: al-Haji Muhammad Qasih bin al-Haji Muhammad Husin al-Riau al-Jawi. Notes: very thick, white paper, good quality, damaged by insects but only certain sections; in black and violet ink, with 3 staplers in the ‘spine’. Watermark is illegible.
Court cases heard at the courts in Penyengat, in the early 20th century. Notes: one letter has an embossed seal of RH Abdullah, with Sayid Syekh as one of the witnesses; one site map of piece of land and printed form. Watermark: Papier Normale.
Surat kepada RH Abdullah, accompanying a file sent to the addressee, dated 14 May 1908. Was located in a green folder along with damanged pages from Cik Dolah's diary. Watermark: LINGGA RIOUW.
Diary of Cik Dolah, 1902-1904. The diary is in poor condition, and prior to digitisation was repaired by staff at the Perpustakaan Nasional Jakarta. Loose pages from the diary were located in a separate folder, and have been catalogued as EAP153/13/48.
Recipes with medicinal effects. Author: Raja Ahmad Tabib, 1311. Printed book published by the print shop in Penyengat in jawi and Latin fonts; front cover seems to have disappeared; title page stapled to the next page[?]; back cover blue is still there but also atatched with staplers. Watermark: ...