Série WR/11 - Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina

1 archival folder typed and handwritten

The Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina is an early Malay account of the Hajj. This series contains Roff's notes concerning the manuscript copies of the account.

• 'Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina: Tentative Summary of Materials' - account of the known manuscripts, typed, 2 versions, 1 heavily annotated, 5 pieces.
• 'Lithograph Editions', notes on the available lithographs, typed and handwritten, 4 pieces.
• 'Summary of MSS', typed and handwritten, 5 pieces.
• 'Transcribed Texts' - transcriptions of some manuscripts, typed and handwritten, 31 pieces.
• 'Catalogue Extracts' - information taken from catalogues, typed and photocopied, 10 pieces.
• 'Supplementary Material Notes' - notes on commentaries on the manuscript, typed and handwritten, 11 pieces.
• 'Group 1 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed and handwritten, 10 pieces.
• 'Group 2 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed, handwritten and copied, 6 pieces.
• 'Group 3 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed, 2 pieces.
• 'Group 4 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed and handwritten, 8 pieces.
• 'Padris' - bibliographic lists, handwritten, 4 pieces.
• 'The Cairo Connection and The Centre Out There', concerning SEA Islam, handwritten, 6 pieces, undated.
• A note identifying the Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina as an early 19th century Malay account of the hajj, handwritten, 1 piece.

• 'National Total - Malaya (sia) 1900-1982' - photocopy of list of pilgrims from Malaysia with handwritten annotations.

  A small amount of correspondence is with this research information:

• Letter from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts, University of Leiden Library, concerning publishing material from their collection, 2 pieces, typed, proforma, and handwritten, dated [May 1979].
• Invoices from Xerox Reproductions Centers, New York for microfilm reproductions, proforma with handwritten insertions, 3 pieces, dated March 1983.
• Correspondence with Richard Pankhurst, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the copying of a manuscript, 6 pieces, handwritten and typed, dated 15 March - 4 May 1983.
• Correspondence with University Library, University of Malaya, concerning obtaining a manuscript microfilm, 2 pieces, proforma with handwritten insertions and typed, dated 9 -25 May 1983.
• Correspondence with the British Library concerning obtaining microfilm, 3 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 9 May - 14 June 1983.
• Correspondence with University Library, Cambridge, concerning obtaining microfilm, 2 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 30 December 1983.
• Letter from Ian Proudfoot, The Australian National University concerning Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina, 1 piece, typed, dated 17 February 1984.
• Correspondence concerning the World Congress on Malay Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur, 21-25 August 1995, 4 pieces, typed in Malay and English, dated 20 December 1994.

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