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- Record Id:
- 040-002042158
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x00017e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12393
- Title:
- Hikayat Raja Babi
- Scope & Content:
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Hikayat Raja Babi, 'The story of the Pig King', in Malay in Jawi script. Adventures of a prince who came to the world in the form of a pig. According to the colophon (f.3r) the MS was written by Usup ibn Abdul Kadir, a merchant from Semarang of Indian descent from Cooch in west Bengal, during a voyage to Palembang while anchored in Sungai Lawang, and was completed in 20 days, on 10 Zulkaidah 1188 (12 January 1775) (... tamat Hikayat Caritera Raja Babi adapun yang punya ayah[nya] Usup ibn Abdul Kadir peranakan Kuj anak di negeri Semarang di Kampung Melayu asalnya duduk kemudian maka pindah dia pekerjaan luar kota tatkala pergi berdagang ke negeri Palembang maka tiada punya dagang dari duduk berlabuh di Sungai Lawang maka hendak mengiburkan hati supaya jangan menjadi gundul maka duduk menyurat dua puluh hari lamanya maka tamat ...).
The names of three generations of owners of the MS are recorded: Muhammad Salih (f.105r); Ismail ibn Muhammad Salih of Semarang (f.105r); Encik Amaladin ibn Ismail Muhammad Salih (f.2r).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-002042158 - 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 12393 : Hikayat Raja Babi - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0091]/040-002042158
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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106 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_12393 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1775
- Date Range:
- 12 Jan 1775
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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106 ff. Dimensions: 185 x 135 mm. 17 lines per page, black ink with rubrication; catchwords on each folio. European paper, rather soiled. Full brown leather binding.
- 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.109
- Exhibitions:
- Tales of the Malay World: Manuscripts and Early Books, National Library, Singapore, 17 August 2017 - 25 February 2018
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)