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EAP205/1/1
- Record Id:
- 040-000786404
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000786403
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001201.0x0003e4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176106048.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP205/1/1
- Title:
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Pekerjaan di dunia ini atas selaapan perkara, 'The duties of this world in eight headings' [c 1941]
"Pekerjaan di dunia ini atas selaapan perkara, 'The duties of this world in eight headings' [c 1941]" - Scope & Content:
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Digital images of Pekerjaan di dunia ini atas selapan perkara; pertama akal, kedua ilmu, ketiga cerdik, keempat cendakia, kelima 'arif, keenam budiman, ketujuh bijaksana, keselapan berbudi.
The headings are then followed by definitions of each, e.g. bermula arti akal itu memeliharakan ia akan diri, and then followed by longer expositions upon each heading, e.g. Pascal yang pertama pada menyatakan akal atau kelebihannya, 'The first exposition, on the consciousness or its advantages'. This text is followed by a series of mystical drawings.
The label on the back cover gives the name of the owner (and most likely the writer) as Syaikh abdul Majid of Lubuk Lundur, with a date of 1360 (1941/1942AD): Inilah keterangan surat buku besar saya empunya atau memiliki gelar serta nama Syaikh Abdul Majid Lubuk Lundur adanya sanat 1360.
The original manuscript measures 22 x 34 cm, and the text block 19 x 29 cm. It is written in blue and black ink, on locally produced paper, and has a brown paper binding. The manuscript is 37 pages long, and contains illuminations and illustrations.
The original suffers from staining and insect damage.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Endangered Manuscript Collections Of Sufi Brotherhoods In Western Sumatra
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000786403
040-000786404 - Is part of:
- EAP205/1 : Surau al-Amin Collection of Sufic Texts
EAP205/1/1 : Pekerjaan di dunia ini atas selaapan perkara, 'The duties of this world in eight headings' [c 1941]"Pekerjaan di dunia ini… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000786403[0001]/040-000786404
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP205/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 39 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP205-1-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Malay - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- c 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Some of the images are difficult to make out, due to poor light conditions at the time of capture.
- Former External References:
- EAP Project Ref: PB_KN 03
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is held by the Surau al-Amin in Pasaman Barat, Western Sumatra
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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Further information for this catalogue was provided by Annabel Gallop, the Lead Curator of Southeast Asian Studies.