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List of Malay Manuscripts which were formerly kept at the General

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P. Voorhoeve

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 LIST OF MALAY MANUSCRIPTS
WHICH WERE FORMERLY KEPT AT THE GENERAL
SECRETARIAT IN BATAVIA

edited by P: VOORHOEVE

This list, written by a scribe, was used by H.N. van der Tuuk when
he studied the Secretariat collection in 1850-51. It was found in his
bequest to the Leiden University Library. The title was given to it by
J. Brandes when he arranged Van der Tuuk's bequest.

The importance of the Secretariat collection for the study of Malay

manuscripts was set forth in 'A Malay Scriptorium' (1). The list is
published here as a supplement to that article. It is reproduced without any
change but with the following additions :

An asterisk (*) before the number of a MS. that is still extant.

The correct title, where necessary.

Van der Tuuk's notes on the size and paper of MSS. which are now
lost.
References to Van der Tuuk's notes (D), to the list published in
Notulen B.G. 1867 (E) and to L.W.C. van den Berg's list in Notulen
1880 (F).
The class-marks of the MSS. which are preserved in the Jakarta
and Leiden collections.

Malayan and Indonesian Studies presented to Sir Richard Winstedt, 1964, p.256 ff.
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It is not attempted here to give a survey of the copies made at the

General Secretariat. Notes for such a survey may be found in the Leiden
University Library, Cod. Or. 12605, and, for MSS. of Palembang
provenance, in the Appendix to Directions for Travellers on the Mystic Path
by G.W. J. Drewes (VKI 81, 1977) . A complete and detailed survey would
require a pilgrimage along the libraries where they are kept.

* 1. De koran. (E 1 ; F Ar. 1 ; now BG Ar.CCV)

* 2. Tafsir khoran. (E 2 ; F Mal. 1 ; now BG Mai. 116)

3. Hidaijatoel-Habieb (i.e. Hadiyyat ai-Habib fï't-targhïb wa't-tar-

hXb by Nûr ad-D^n ar-Rânïrï). European paper, 2 fingers thick,
shabby and worm-eaten. (D Or. 3300 p. 247 ff.)
4. Kitaboel Hikam (2 texts : A Malay.translation of Ibn 'Atâ' Allah's
Kitab al-hikam, and Zakariyyâ' al-Ansârï's Fath ar-Rahmân).
Small 4to*, Eur. paper, 1 finger thick. (D Or. 3300 p. 24*6 f ; E 5
or 36).

5. Daroel-Nadlim (A Malay translation of ad-Durr an-nazîm by Ibn

• al-Khashshàb): 4to, Eur. paper, c.3 fingers thick. (D Or. 3300 p.
• ' "
. 244 f.)
* 6. Asraroel-Hoeroef (i.e. Asrâr al-huriif, also called Bahr al-'adjâ'ib
by Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Palimbânï) . (D Or. 3300 p. 245f.-;
E 3 ; F*Mal. 6 ; now BG Mai. 121)
* 7. Oesoel, i.e. as-Sanûsiyya (vdT). Small 4to. Eur. paper, 1' finger
thick. (D Or. 3300 p. 257)

* 8. Asmaoel Hoesna (i.e. Bughyat ahl al-'ibdda by 'Awalï al-Jjïaddâd) .

(D Or. 3300 p. 250 ; Ar. 7 ; now BG Ar. CCXI)
9. Iddatoel-Hoesnil-Hasani (A Malay translation of al-DjazarFs
'Uddat al-hisn al-hasîn).
' Small 4to, Eur. paper, \x/z fingers thick.
(D Or. 3300 p.25i)
10. - Sjamsoel-afakh (A Malay translation of al-Bistàmï's Shams al-
àfâq). (D 3300 p.251*; E 4)
11. Moehamad Ibnoe asama. Begins with a story about Muhammad
. b. Usâma but it is a collection of prayers (vdT). Small 8vo, Vfe
fingers thick. (D 3300 p.258 ; E 20 Doa-doa)
* 12. Hawasiel-khoran. (Khawâss al-Qur'ân al-'azïm by Ahmad b.
hammad at-Tamïmï, translated into Malay by Kyahi Nur. (= Ke-
mas) Fakhruddin). (D. 3301 p.24-36 ; now BG Mai. 75)
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1 13. Mohtatsar.* (Three tracts by; 'Abdurrauf ; the " third is called
risala mukhtasara, a short tract. Hence the title, lir the clist).
Sm.4to, Eur.paper, % finger thick. (D< Or.3301 p.l9f21) - ,•;-;
'
* 14. Djawahiroel oeloem • (by , Rânïrl) ; (D '• Or.3301 - p.41-45 ; E 7>- F
Mal.4 ; now, BG Mal.119) •
15. Hadiz-arba-in. Not found when vdT asked for it.
;'
16a. Ilmoe Thabib en Tabier Mimpie. (E 8 Kitab ilmoe tabib)
16b.Ilmoe Thabib. (E 9 Tabib obat-obatan)

. 17. Sairoes Salikin (by 'Abd as-Samad al-Palimbânï) . Sm.4to, Eur.

.
paper, 3V2 fingers thick. (D Or.3301 p.1-13) . ; '■ -
■18. Tanbihoel-amiel. Sm.4to, Eur.paper, 23A fingers "thick. (Contents
according to vdT : a. Tariblh al-'âmilfî tahqïq al-kalâm fî'n-na-
wâfil, anon. ; 30 double pages, h. Aghmad al-masâ'il by 'Abdur-
rauf ; 11 double pages, c. A text beginning with- a citation from
Abû'1-Fadl Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Karïm b./Atâ Allah ; 46 double
pages, d. A short commentary on Arba'îna hadïthan by an-Nàwa-
wï, . composed by : 'Abdurrauf in order of • Sultan '■ 'Inâyat Shah
Zakiyyat ad-Dïn of Acheh ; 150 double pages). (D 3301p.l3-17)
* 19. Nasihatoel Moeslimi#n (by 'Abd as-Samad al-Paliînbâriï) . (D Or,
3301 p.17-19 ; E. 10 ; F Ar.5 ; now,BG' Ar.CCIXK * '•:
* 20.'
Fathoer Rahman. (It is the Kitab mukhtasar ; one of its sources
is Fath ar-Rahmdn, hence the title). (D 330Ï p. 21-22 ; E 6 Moech-
tatsar'; F Mal.5 ; now BG Mal.120)
21. Tadjoeid. (Various texts on tadjwld, one of them written by a
man from Ternate). (D 3301 p.36-41. It seems -unlikely that
Univ.Libr.Or.7269,'
this is now Leiden formerly SH Mai. 42,
though there is a slip of paper in this MS. which bears the stamp
of the General Secretariat.)

22. Hasiat batoe-batoe (E 11 Chasiat batoe-batoe) .

23. . Hisab Bintang. (D Or.3301 p.54-60 ; E 15 Soerat bintang)
^24. Asraroel insan (by ar-Rànïrï). (D 3301 p.22-24 ; E 51)
25. Ilmoe Hisab. (E 12)
* 26. Sitien (Sittïn mas'ala fî'1-fiqh and three other short texts). (E 13;
F Ar.4 ; now BG Ar.CCVIII)
' 27; Daroen nafis (i.e. ad-Durr avynafïs, a Malay work by Muhammad
Nafïs al Banjarï). (E 49 Doerroe'n-nafis)
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28. Hisboet Thamas (perhaps Hizb at-tams 'alâ'uyûn al-a'dâ by ash-

Shàdhilï).
29. Ilmoe Falak (E 14 Ilmoe fahak).
30. Faraiel (i.e. Farâ'id), Sm.4to, Chinese paper, 30 double pages.
Copied by Jurutulis Tambi Abdulkadir (the father of Abdullah).
(D 3300 p.219f ; E 46 Kitab waris ?)
31. Hisboen-Nakhal. (E 34 Hasbal wahal)
32. Bidaijatoel-Moebtadie (There are two Malay works with the
title Bidâyat al-mubtadà.)
33. Bidaijatoel Hidaijat (by Muhammad Zain b. Faqïh Djalâl ad-Dîn
al-Àshï) .
34. Amdatoel-Moehtadjien (i.e. ' 'Umdat al-muhtâdjïn by *Abdurrauf)
Sm.4to, Eur.paper, c.60 double pages. (D Or.3300 p. 220f.)
* 35. Fakeh. Not found when vdT asked for it. (Perhaps this is F Ar.6,
now BG Ar.CCX, mainly on matrimonial law)
36. Hasboel-Wikaijah. (E 52 Hasaboe'l-wakia)
* 37. Khasidah , (i.e. ad-Durr '■ al-manzûm by al-Ghazâlï). (D Or.3301
p.46-49; E 53; F Ar.2 ; now BG Ar.CCVI)
38. Bintang.
39. Djawahiroel Faraidah (i.e. Durrat al-farâ'id by ar-Rânïrï). Large
4to, Eur.paper, 65 double pages. (D Or.3300 p.242f. ; E 17)
40. Hikaijat nabi Moesa (i.e. Hikayat Nabi Musa munajat). Sm.4to
Chin.paper, c.80 double pages. Copied by Abdulkadir. (D Or.
3300 p.240ff.)
41. Sjech Hasan Oedin. Not found when vdT asked for it. (This is
the original from which the Leiden MSS. Or. 1746 and Or.1711
were copied, as supposed by J.Edel, Hikajat Hasanuddin p.18, or
perhaps Or.1746 itself.)
42. Hoesoelil Maksoed. (E 18 Oesoel Machsoed)
43. Kitab Fakeh. (Arab, with Jav. paraphrase) , Sm.4to, Eur.paper,
c. 2 fingers thick. (D Or.3300 p.222-239 ; E 16 Oesoel vekig)
44. Ratib Hadad (A Malay translation of Sabïl al-hidâya wa'r-rashâd) ,
(D Or.3301 p.60-68)
45.- Hadis orhamoe. (E 19 Hadis arahmoe)
* 46. Fawa-iedoel Boechoeijah (i.e. Kitab Fawâ'id. Not found when
vdT asked for it. On p.2 in Lat.char. 'Tanadil'). (E 50 Toendil ;
F Mal.2 ; now BG Mal.117)
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47. Adab Zikir. (D 3301 p.68 a cancelled short note by vdT)

48. Doa.
* 49. Doeratoel Faraidah (i.e. Kitâb ad-Durra al-farîda fï sharh al-qasi-
da by Muhammad b. Dâ'ûd al-'Inânï). (D Or. 3300 p.240f. ; E 21 ;
F Ar.3 ; now BG Ar.CCVII)
50. Hidaijatoel Salikin (i.e. Hidàyat as-sàlïkïn by 'Abd as-Samad al-
PalimbânT) .
* 51. Siratoes Salikin (i.e. Sirât al-mustaqim by ar-Râriïrï) . (E 35 Sira-
toe'l-moestachim ; F Mal.3 ; now BG Mal.118)
* 52. Ilmoe Ramal. (D Or.3301 p.50-54 ; E 22 ; F Ar.8 ; now BG Ar.
CCXII)
53. Noer Moehamad.
* 54. Tadjoes Salathin. (E 23 two copies ; F Mal.7 ; now BG Mai. 122)
55. Wasiat Loekmanoel Hakim. (E 24 Radja Bandjar dan Lokman
al-hakim)
56. Ismaijatim.
57. Moehamad ali Hanafiah.
* 58. Pelandoek Djinaka. (E 59 Plandok ; this may be BG Mal.156,
copied 1825, "milik Gouvernement", or the original from which
Mal.156 was copied)
* 59. Radja Bandjar (i.e. Hikayat Raja Banjar dan Kotaringin). (F
Mal.9; now BG Mal.124)
60. Iskandar Zdoel karnain. (E 25 Iskandar Dzoe'l-karnain. This was
the copy supposed by Van Leeuwen in his edition, 1937, as an
intermediary between his MS. K (dated 1713) and A,B,C,D, and
H (19th century copies) )
61. Nabi Zakaria.
62. Saidina Oemar. (Perhaps the Hikayat Abu Samah, which was
twice copied by the Secretariat scribe Muhammad Cing in MS.
Paris m.p.65 and in MS. BG Mal.126)
* 63. Dewa Mangindra. (E 37 ; F Mal.13 ; now BG Mal.128, Hikayat
Déwa Mengindera Ldksana. In addition E has no. 26, Dewa Me-
ngandara, 3 copies, and no. 54, Hikayat Dewa Mengendra; F

* 64. Indra
Mal.llPoetra.
; now BG
(E 27
Mal.126,
; F Mal.10
Hikayat
; now
Déwa
BG Mal.125)
Mengindera)

65. Kelana Perwalana.

66. Betara Naija kasoema. (E 38 Hikajat Betara Naja-kesoema)
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67. Bostan Salathin. Not found when vdT asked for if (E 41 Kitab
tjeritera radja-radja jang lalim "was probably the fifth book of
RânTrï's Bustân as-salâfïn) , . ■ . .
* 68. . Kalila-Damina. (E 55 ; this. is now BG Mal.135 or Mal.135 is a
copy of it)
69. Boedjangga Indra. (Perhaps the Hikayat Bujangga Indera Ma-
h'arwpa)
70. Radja Djoemdjoema; • . . .
* 71. Tjekel Wanaeng Pati. (E 28 Tjèkèl-Waning-pati ; F Mal:i7 ; the
first volume is now BG.Mal.132, the second volume vdW 137) •
72. Silsilatoes Salathin (i.e. Sejarah MeUyu). (E 36 Salatde's-Sala-
tina. At the Secretariat both the Raffles 18 version and the long
. version were copied.)
* 73. Ahmad Moehamad..(E 47 ; F Mal.12 ; now BG Mal.127) .
74. Si-Miskin. ;
* 75. Keramong. Not found when vdT asked for it. (E 56 Hikajat Ki-
ramoeng, i.e. Hikayat Kerumung. According to- Van Ronkel. it is
part of the Hikayat Naya Kusuma. F Mal.15; now BG'Mal.130)
76. Indra Bang Sawan. .
77. Hang Toewah. (D Or.3260e : "a foolscap volume of 402 pages.
I did not find the beginning and the end of the story. At the
beginning of the volume three or four pages are blank.", No known
copy of the Hikayat Hang Tuah answers this description by vdT)
* 78. Nabi Miradj. (E 29 two copies ; F Mal.8 ; now BG Mal.123. The
second copy may be Leiden Univ. Libr. Or.1713, dated H 1196/
A.D.1782)

79. Tjerita
391 under
djohor.
Siarah
(For
Selangor)
possible copies see V.Matheson in BKI 127,

80. Indra Nata. Not found when vdT asked for it.
81. Ali Badasjah. Not found when vdT asked for it. (According to
Prof. Santa Maria this is now in Venice, Bibliotheca Nazionale
Merciana, cod.CCLXVI (12043). It was compiled (from. the
Hikayat Maharaja Ali with additions ? P.V.) in 1824 by the scribe
at the Secretariat Muhammad Sulaiman.)
82. Tabir Mimpie. (E 32)
* 83. Boenga rampei. (The original, from which all the other copies
are derived, is now in Leiden, K1.67b)
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84. Saïer Bidasarie. (E 43 Sjair Radja Bostari)

85. Srie Rama. (E 48)
86. Djohar Manikam.
87. Amir Hamzah. 533 pp. foolscap size. (D Or.3301 p.79-119)
88. Hoekom Kanoen. (For possible copies see Liaw Yock Fang's
edition, 1976)
* 89. Tjarang Misa kambar. Foolscap size, 3 fingers thick, beginning
and end missing. (E 57 Hikajat Tjarang Mesa Goembira.
According to Van Ronkel it is part of the Hikayat Naya Kusuma. F
Mal.46 ; now BG Mal.131)
* 90. Koemala Bahrin (i.e. Hikayat Kumala Bahrain). (D some notes
at the end of Or.3301 ; E 58 ; F Mal.14 ; now BG Mal.129)
91. Gangga S^t'e. Foolscap size, 3 fingers thick, beginning and end
missing. (Gangga Sakti is another name of Kumala Bahrain)

The following items in E (list 1867) remain unidentified :

40. Hikajat Radja Firangon (a Javanese MS?)
42. Sjikir Arab.
44. Sjair maoet (mati) Osman.
45. Chotba-chotba (hariraja.)

One MS. mentioned in F (1880) is not in Van der Tuuk's list. It is a

Javanese MS., now BG Jav. 140, on the months Mubarram, Sha'bân and
Ramadan. It may be the same as E 39 Boelan-boelan.