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The text contains the story of Sultan Iskander Muda of Aceh (1583?-1636) starting with his genealogy on his mother's and his father's side, his birth, his youth during the reign of his grandfather Sultan Alaaddin Ri'ayat Syah Sayid al-Mukammil, his fame in the east during his youth continued by his fame in the west during his reign; then the story goes back to the reign of his grandfather ending with the latter's abdication.
With marginal and interlinear notes in Roman characters; in a separate folder later notes (carbon copy) are kept.
Date based on the watermark (see Iskander 1999).
A 19th century copy of this manuscript is kept as ms. Or. 1983.
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No place, unknown, or undetermined
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| Ownership |
The collection of manuscripts in Javanese, Malay and other languages with call numbers Or. 1953-Or. 2055 (except Or. 1959) has been transferred to the University Library in or around 1871, from the 'Rijks-Instelling tot Opleiding van Indische Ambtenaren' (RIOIA) in Leiden. Previously they had been in the possession of A.D. Cornets de Groot (1804-1829).
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