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Or 16773

Record Id:

032-002898982

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002898982

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 16773

Title:

Miscellany (majmu’) on religious matters, in Arabic and Malay, from Aceh

Scope & Content:

Miscellany (majmu’) on religious matters, in Arabic and Malay in Jawi script, from Aceh

Contents:

f.1r: Note: Bermula teunebus gala Leubee Muhammad Lam Cot yang telah thabit pada tangan hamba itu dua puluh enam mas.

ff.1v-28v: work by Syaikh Abdul Rauf ibn Ali, on wahdat al-wujud, mentioning Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Madani al-Ansari and Ibrahim bin Hasan al-Kurani; on final page mentions: intaha nuqlat min Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din al-imam al-Ghazali.

ff.29r-30r: unidentified text.

ff.30v-33r: Fa’idah …

ff.34v-35r: notes

ff.35v-90r: Text on bani Adam, with f.89a: enclosure, note on blue paper.

ff.90v-93v: unidentified text (incomplete)

ff.94v-129r: unidentified text

f.129v: prayers?

f.130r: notes

f.130v: Fasal fi …

ff.132v-143v: al-Shajarat al-Sharifah, genealogy of the Prophet, in black and red ink.

f.144v: notes (page torn)

f.145r-147r: various notes and fragments

ff.147v-157v: text, with colophon on f.157v, copying completed on Saturday at the time of the doha prayer. (NB f.154 is blank with a section cut out of the middle which previously contained a colophon-like tapered triangular text.)

ff.158v-165v: Mukhtasar fi ‘ilm al-hisab, of Muhyiuddin Abu al-Jawd Abdul Qadir, on numerology?

ff.166v-167r: notes on accounts for slaughtered cows in Malay. f.166v: Babat …; Inilah babat dagang lembu yang disembilih pada bulan Maulud itu harganya …; f.167r: Bermula lembu yang disembilih …; Bermula lembu yang disembilih pada hari raya Haji pada ampas Teuku Kechik Pupu (p.w.p) itu …

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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032-002898982

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Hierarchy:

032-002898982

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

167 folios

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Languages:

Arabic
Malay

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1800

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

19th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

167 ff; variety of white and light blue European laid watermarked papers (eg 3 crescents), in excellent condition, sewn into a single volume; 21.5 x 16 cm; black ink with red rubrics; in a variety of hands; 19 or 21 lines per page.

Many different kinds of European laid paper, mostly of Italian manufacture:

ff.1-33: thin fine bluish paper with chainlines, watermark of lion rampant with crown above, within a tapered frame with top-piece, ‘G B A’, ‘Gio Batista FM’[?]

ff.34-93: thick cream paper, watermark of 3 crescent moons

ff.94-123: thin cream paper, with faint watermark visible, a shield with a diagonal band, and ‘G M’ below

ff.124-144: thin blue paper, watermark on f.130 within a circle the words, in two lines ‘ALL / INGLESE’; on f.131 an anchor with underneath ‘Jos. Em. Raph’; on f.143 ‘Azulay’

ff.145-157: thick cream paper, with faint watermark visible, the letter ‘M’ and in one corner, ‘G A’ with ‘P’ underneath

ff.158-166: thick cream paper, watermark of 3 crescent moons.

Bound with checked cotton fabric, very stained, probably originally with red, dark blue and cream squares. Enclosed within a loose full Islamic binding in brown leather with a flap, lined with paper, with stamped frames, medallions and corner pieces.

Custodial History:

Possibly consigned to Bonhams by Arthur Probsthain.

Source of Acquisition:

Acquired from Bonhams, ‘Islamic and Indian Art’, 16 October 2003, lot 95 (2)

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve & A.T.Gallop, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda. (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), pp. 313-314.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)