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MSS Malay D 5
- Record Id:
- 032-002878948
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002878948
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023712037.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Malay D 5
- Title:
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Collection of hikayat
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of four hikayat, in Malay in Jawi script.
A: ff. 1v-80r: Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah. This was MS 'F' in Brakel, 1975. First two pages (ff. 1v-2r) set in wide borders. According to the colophon on f.80r, the MS was copied by Mahmud ibn Husain on Tuesday (malam Arba') 14 Syaaban 1220 (7 November 1805).
B: ff. 81v-145r. Hikayat Syahi Mardan. Dated at the end on f. 145r '122' i.e. 1220 (1805/6). Copied in the same hand as A and C.
C: ff. 146r-169v. Hikayat Pelanduk Jenaka. Copied in the same hand as A and B.
D. ff. 170r-218r. Hikayat Nabi Muhammad ... berperang dengan Raja Khaibar. Colophon on f. 218r states it was copied by two youths (orang muda) Lebai Ishak and Ahmad in Kedah, and requests readers to take care of the book.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002878948", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Malay D 5: Collection of hikayat" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002878948
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002878948
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 218 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Malay_D_5 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1805
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 305 x 185 mm.
218 ff; Chinese paper (with visible brushstrokes, eg. f. 2v); endpapers of English paper. Betwen 23-28 lines per page, black ink, some rubrication; catchwords on the verso of each folio. Small, wispy hand.
Binding: Full woody brown leather binding.
- Custodial History:
- Old number: IO 2673
- Source of Acquisition:
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John Leyden collection (373), acquired by the India Office Library in 1824.
- Publications:
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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; see pp. 397-9.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)