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MSS Malay D 2

Record Id:

032-002878749

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002878749

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MSS Malay D 2

Title:

Hikayat Raja Dewa Maharupa

Scope & Content:

Hikayat Raja Dewa Maharupa, in Malay in Jawi script, also called at the end Hikayat Maharaja Mahadewa. Copying commenced on 14 Zulkaidah 1216 (18 March 1802) and the book was completed on 22 Zulkaidah (26 March).

Concerning the adventures of Dewa Maharupa, the son and eventually the successor of Derma Dewa, king of Naripetma. Elongated al-kisah with double-knotted ta marbuta mark new sections of the text.

Colophon on f.47v: Tamatlah sudah hikayat Maharaja Mahadewa dimula pada sanat 1216 tahun2 jim pada empat belas hari bulan Zulkaidah disudahkan pada dua likur hari bulan Zulkaidah pada zaman Kurnadur Kapiddan Kunu [k.w.n.w] jadi raja di bandar Pulau Pinang.

The identity of 'Kurnadur Kapiddan Kunu' is not clear; Sir George Leith was Lt.-Gov. of Penang from 1800-1803, but a more likely identification of 'Kunu' may be George Caunter, Acting Superintendent from 1799-1800.

Note on f.50r: Pada sanat 1217 tahun2 zai pada sehari bulan Setember 1082 [sic, i.e. 1802] dua tahun2 maka rial buka

On one of the final blank pages are various sums in 'European' Arabic numerals.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002878749

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Hierarchy:

032-002878749

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume; 47 folios

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Languages:

Malay

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1802

End Date:

1802

Date Range:

1802

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 300 x 195 mm. 47 ff; European paper. 23 lines per page, black ink, catchwords; text set in double-ruled black ink frames. Small neat Kedah hand. Full woody brown leather binding.

Custodial History:

Old number: IO 2876

Source of Acquisition:

John Leyden collection (227), acquired by the India Office Library in 1824.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.126.

H. Neubronner van der Tuuk. 1849. Kort verslag van de Maleische handschriften in het East-India House te London. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1: 385-400; summarised on p. 393.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)