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Letters of Sincerity: The Raffles Collection of Malay Letters (1780-1824)

Ahmat Adam

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Description:Letters of Sincerity is a study in the traditional Malay art of letter writing. The work is based on the Raffles collection of Malay letters first discovered in Aviemore, Scotland, in November 1970. In this book, Ahmat Adam provides a transcription from the original Jawi, into Rumi script of a series of letters sent to Stamford Raffles mostly around 1810 and 1811 by rulers of regional Malay polities. He also provides a translation into English, and supplementary notes, which set the letters in the letters in the context of the times, and explain the issues which they raise.In the course of tis he additionally provides a detailed guide to the intricacies of Malay-Islamic dating which was in use at that time in the Malay-Indonesian world. His study on this aspect of Malay culture is the first to link Malay dating with Sufism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Letters of Sincerity: The Raffles Collection of Malay Letters (1780-1824). To get started finding Letters of Sincerity: The Raffles Collection of Malay Letters (1780-1824), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 420

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Release: 2009

ISBN: 9679948455

Description: Letters of Sincerity is a study in the traditional Malay art of letter writing. The work is based on the Raffles collection of Malay letters first discovered in Aviemore, Scotland, in November 1970. In this book, Ahmat Adam provides a transcription from the original Jawi, into Rumi script of a series of letters sent to Stamford Raffles mostly around 1810 and 1811 by rulers of regional Malay polities. He also provides a translation into English, and supplementary notes, which set the letters in the letters in the context of the times, and explain the issues which they raise.In the course of tis he additionally provides a detailed guide to the intricacies of Malay-Islamic dating which was in use at that time in the Malay-Indonesian world. His study on this aspect of Malay culture is the first to link Malay dating with Sufism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Letters of Sincerity: The Raffles Collection of Malay Letters (1780-1824). To get started finding Letters of Sincerity: The Raffles Collection of Malay Letters (1780-1824), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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