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Add MS 12398
- Record Id:
- 040-002042163
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000183
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12398
- Title:
- Farquhar letter book
- Scope & Content:
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In Malay in Jawi script. Scribal copies of 121 letters from neighbouring rulers sent to and from William Farquhar (1774-1839), first British Resident of Singapore (1819-1823), and related documents.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-002042163 - 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 12398 : Farquhar letter book - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0096]/040-002042163
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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77 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_12398 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1818
- End Date:
- 1822
- Date Range:
- 1818-1822
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 77 ff. Dimensions: 200 x 140 mm. 19 lines per page, written on ruled pencil lines, black ink. European paper. Full brown leather binding.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from John Crawfurd, 1842
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.110.
A.T. Gallop, The legacy of the Malay letter (London: published by the British Library for the National Archives of Malaysia, 1994), pp.169-167.
Badriyah Haji Salleh, Warkah al-ikhas (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1999).
- Exhibitions:
- On Paper: Singapore Before 1867, National Library of Singapore, 28 September 2019 - 22 March 2020
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)