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Harley Ch 43 A 6
- Record Id:
- 040-002716360
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002404891
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022556463.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley Ch 43 A 6
- Title:
- Letter from the Raja Bendahara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi
- Scope & Content:
- Letter in Malay in Jawi script from the Raja Bendahara Paduka Seri Maharaja Permaisuara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi, requesting help in procuring saltpetre and blankets. The English factory at Jambi on the east coast of Sumatra lasted from 1615 to 1679.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002404891
040-002716360 - Is part of:
- Harley Ch : Harley Charters
Harley Ch 43 A 6 : Letter from the Raja Bendahara of Brunei to the English captain at Jambi - Hierarchy:
- 032-002404891[0001]/040-002716360
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folio
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_Ch_43_a_6 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 240 x 165 mm. 13 lines of text, black ink. 1 f, European paper. Torn on left hand side. Old paper repairs; currently encased in melinex.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Harley collection, 1752
- Publications:
-
W.G. Shellabear, ‘An account of some of the oldest Malay MSS. now extant’. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898, (31): 107-151.
M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.106.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)