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Or 6899
- Record Id:
- 032-002480164
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002480164
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000040960.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 6899
- Title:
- Syair Makrifat and Syair Dagang
- Scope & Content:
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In Malay in Jawi script. Syair Makrifat and Syair Dagang, two syair (narrative poems), both concerning the need to eschew wordly goods and instead look towards the afterlife.
ff. 1v-24r: Syair Makrifat, concluding with a colophon (written in bold) giving the name of the scribe as Encik Umar and the time of writing as the eve of Friday (i.e. Thursday).
Text begins (f.1v): Bismillah itu permulaan hakiki / dengan nama Allah tuhan yang maha tinggi / ialah tuhan yang menjugai / segala hambanya yang berbahagi
Text ends (ff.23v-24r): Alhamdulillah tamatlah surat / kalam tercecah dawat lekat / diberi Allah apalah ibarat / bertambah iman orang menyurat // Tamat surat petang Jumaat / kalam tercecah dawat pun lekat / nabi menolong[?] kepada umat / dalam hati gempar[?] kiamat // Surat ini Encik Umar yang empunya / sekalian orang boleh meminjamnya / baik-baik sedikit menaruhnya / jangan diberi bercerai akan jaitannya[?]
ff. 24r-28r: Syair Dagang, attributing the composition to a man of Melaka.
Text begins (f.24r): Dengarkan tuan sa'ir / dikarangkan fakir suatu sindir / mudah-mudahan ibaratnya hadir / menghiburkan hati yang banyak pikir // Taulan dengarkan cerita / dikarangkan fakir anak Malaka / duduk di dalam duka nestapa / dibuatkan sa'ir suatu cerita
Text ends abruptly (f.28r): Emas itu sangat berbangsa / menaruh dia sangatlah bisa / jikalau lengah kita semena / sakitnya terlebih ular yang bisa
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002480164", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 6899: Syair Makrifat and Syair Dagang" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002480164
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002480164
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 28 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_6899 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 28 ff.; brownish wove European paper, with octagonal embossed stamp inscribed 'BATH' (eg. ff.2, 12), 210 x 160 mm. Black ink; 11 lines per page; mistar lines evident. First page (f.1v) set within ruled frames, with first line rubricated. Brown buckram BM binding.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Charles Reya, 1908.
- Publications:
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Edwin Wieringa, 'Syair berupa rintihan seorang penyalin tentang nasib malangnya: beberapa catatan mengenai BL Or. 6899 (Syair Makrifat dan Syair Dagang)', Kearifan lokal yang terkandung dalam manuskrip lama, penyunting Ding Choo Ming, Henri Chambert-Loir, Titik Pudjiastuti (Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (ATMA), 2009), pp.15-30, gives references to other MSS of these two poems.
M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.110.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)