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Add MS 12354
- Record Id:
- 040-002042118
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000156
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12354
- Title:
- Diary of Sultan Ahmad al-Salih of Bone, 1775 to 1795
- Scope & Content:
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On f.2r a pencilled note, 'Personal diaries of the Rajah of Bone, 1774-1814. 4 vols. [Add.] 12354-12356', but the series also includes Add. 12357 and Add. 12350. Written in Bugis.
From the notes it is clear that the Arumpone (sultan) was the keeper of the diary; in the first half of 1775 he is still heir to the throne. On f.7r he speaks of the illness of the old king Matinroe riMalimongeng (24-25 Feb. AD 1775) and on f.9r he mentions his death (5 June 1775) and says that he himself was appointed successor. The MS also contains (ff.156v-170r) an astronomical, meteorological, and agricultural calendar. Besides the diary notes, there are also a great variety of notes on private, family, and state affairs. In one of them (f.5v) Ahmad al-Salih notes the day of his birth as 11 Ram. AH 1170 (30 May AD 1757) and his name as Ahmad La Tenritappa To Appaliwang. Among the other notes are:
Notes on meeting with high officials of different Bugis states and with the Dutch governor or his representatives (ff.3v, 13r, 19v, 20r, 26v-27r, 33v-34r, 69r (Makasarese), 129r, 170v-171r, 190r, 200v).
Letters (ff. 19v-20r, 26v-27r, 33v-34r, 40v-41r, 54v, 104v, 105r, 187r, 189v-190r, 193r, 194r, 197r).
A Malay letter from the Arumpone to the Governor-General (W.A. Alting), with a Bugis translation, dating 12 Sha'ban AH 1197 (13 July 1783) (f.82v).
A Makasarese letter from the Governor (f.191).
A short Makasarese verse (f.6v).
Makasarese poems, a cui song, and a song beginning with the words io-iole, pa'japa daeng (f.75r).
Bugis poems (ff.141v-142v).
A war song (elong-oseng) (f.202r).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
036-002042107
037-002042117
040-002042118 - Is part of:
- Add MS 12273-12401 : Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian…
Add MS 12345-12375 : 31 volumes in the Bugis and Arabic languages, captured in 1814, in the palace of the Rajah of Boni, in the island of Celebes
Add MS 12354-12357 : FOUR VOLUMES in the Bugis language, containing the personal Diaries of the Rajah of Boni, in the island of Celebes, from 1774…
Add MS 12354 : Diary of Sultan Ahmad al-Salih of Bone, 1775 to 1795 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0072]/036-002042107[0012]/037-002042117[0001]/040-002042118
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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202 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_12354 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Buginese
- Scripts:
- Buginese
- Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1795
- Date Range:
- 1775-1795
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 425 x 265 mm. Written in black ink with rubrication. Some ornaments in black ink on ff.1v, 172v and 201v. Dutch paper, watermarks 'VOC' surmounted by 'A', 'SCK', 'D & C Blauw'. Full red leather binding with frames and medallions.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Crawfurd collection, 1842
- Publications:
- M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.28; A.T. Gallop with B. Arps, Golden letters: writing traditions of Indonesia (London: British Library; Jakarta: Lontar, 1991), p.108; Rahilah Omar, 'The history of Boné A.D. 1775-1795 : the diary of Sultan Ahmed as-Salleh Syamsuddin', Ph.D. thesis, University of Hull, 2003.
- Exhibitions:
- Writing: Making Your Mark, British Library, 26 April 2019 - 27 August 2019
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)