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MSS Malay B 11

Record Id:

032-002782554

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002782554

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MSS Malay B 11

Title:

Adat Aceh

Scope & Content:

Adat Aceh, in Malay in Jawi script. Apparently copied from Edinburgh University Library manuscript New College 132, but lacking pp.25 and 26 of the Edinburgh MS. Contents:

A: ff.3v-26v. Mābain al-salāṭīn, perintah segala Raja-raja. Ascribed to Ismā’īl bapa Aḥmad. Advice to kings, divided into 31 majlis; the end of majlis 5 to the first part of majlis 24 is missing.

B: ff.28r-29v. A list of 37 Sultans of Aceh.

C: ff.31r-47v. Silsilah segala raja-raja yang jadi kerajaan dalam Aceh bandar Darussalam. A summary of Acehnese dynastic history from the initial Islamization to the early 19^th century A.D.

D: ff.48r-102v. Adat majlis raja-raja. A description of court ceremonies, ending abruptly.

E: ff.103v-111r. An enumeration of court dignitaries.

F: ff.111r-176r. Regulations for the port of Aceh.

On ff.2v-3r is a note on the duration of the world.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume; 178 folios

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Languages:

Malay

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1815

End Date:

1830

Date Range:

1st half of the 19th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 205 x 160 mm. 178 ff; English paper, 'W Balston 1815'. 11 lines per page, black ink, some rubrication. Section headings labelled maṭlab baḥth, 'section discussing ...' are written in red ink diagonally in the margins, sometimes followed by the subject of the section. Catchwords on the verso of each folio. Full black leather binding with embossed medallions and frames.

Custodial History:

On f.2r, inscribed 'W.E. Phillips to his valued friend R.T. Farquhar'. Phillips was Governor of Penang, 1805-1824; Farquhar died in 1830. The same dedication is found in Cambridge University Library Or.1364.

Source of Acquisition:

Acquired in 1919.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.124.

Facsimile edition of this manuscript:

G. W. J. Drewes and P. Voorhoeve, Adat Atjeh. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1958. (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde; 24).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)