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Record Id:

040-002042113

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002042030

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000152

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100101830026.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

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Title:

Bugis diary, 1808-1812

Scope & Content:

A Buginese diary from 1808 to 9 July 1809, and July and Aug. 1812, with pages prepared for 1813.

Apparently a (copy of a) diary of the king of Bone, Aḥmad aṣ-Ṣāliḥ (19 May 1809: ‘on this day I completed the 35th year of my reign in Bone'). (Cf. Add. 12354-7.)

The speaker in the first person in the part for the year 1812 is certainly Aḥmad's son and successor To-appatunru’ who, under 22-23 July, mentions the old king's death.

On pp. not belonging to the diary a few notes are written: on f. 1v. a note of 16 Rab. I A.H. 1082 [A.D. 1671] about fines ‘which I [apparently Arung Palakka] imposed on countries conquered by me’, followed by a list of these countries; on ff. 44v.-45r. a copy of a Malay letter of 17 Sept. A.D. 1810 sent by the king in reply to a letter from Sinekselengsi [His Excellency] Marskal, i.e. Daendels.

See Matthes, 1875, pp. 91-2. (This description from Dr. A. A. Cense.)

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002042030
036-002042107
040-002042113

Is part of:

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Add MS 12350 : Bugis diary, 1808-1812

Hierarchy:

032-002042030[0072]/036-002042107[0007]/040-002042113

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

45 folios; 1 volume

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100101830026.0x000001

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Languages:

Buginese

Scripts:

Buginese

Start Date:

1813

End Date:

1813

Date Range:

1813

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 415 x 265 mm.

45 ff. Dutch paper: 'Honig', ‘JH & Z', ‘J Honig & Zoonen'. Black ink with rubrication; a very neat hand.

Binding: half brown leather binding with orange marbled paper boards.

Custodial History:

Old label: Bugis 6

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from John Crawfurd, 1842.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 27.

B.F. Matthes, Kort verslag aangaande alle mij in Europa bekende Makassaarsche en Boegineesche handschriften, vooral die van het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 1875

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

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