Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina

Scope and Content

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.