FOUR VOLUMES in the Bugis language, containing the personal Diaries of the Rajah of Boni, in the island of Celebes, from 1774 to 1812. Large Folio. [12,354-12,357.]
Part 4 of a series of four Bone diaries, in Bugis language and script, Add. 12354-7. Annotated in pencil on front end-paper: 'Personal diary of Rajah of Boni'. Buginese diary, prepared for A.D. 1795 to 1825, with two facing pages per calendar month, with many pp. for 1813-25 left blank. The...
Part of a series of Bugis diaries from the court of Bone, Add. 12354-7. Diary running from A.D. 1774 to 30 July 1787; from Aug. 1787 to the end of 1793 the dates are not filled in, the months April-July 1793 are missing, and a torn leaf for Aug. 1793 is pasted in on f. 175. One gets the impres...
Copy of the Bugis diary of the Sultan of Bone, 1775-1795
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Part of a series of Bugis diaries from the court of Bone, Add. 12354-7. Inscribed on f. 95r in pencil by Crawfurd: 'Personal Diary of the Rajah of Boni'. Buginese diary of Sultan Ahmad al-Salih of Bone, running from A.D. 1775 to 1795; a copy. From the fact that there are no blank spaces betwe...
Diary of Sultan Ahmad al-Salih of Bone, 1775 to 1795
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On f.2r a pencilled note, 'Personal diaries of the Rajah of Bone, 1774-1814. 4 vols. [Add.] 12354-12356', but the series also includes Add. 12357 and Add. 12350. Written in Bugis. From the notes it is clear that the Arumpone (sultan) was the keeper of the diary; in the first half of 1775 he is ...
