English: Hikayat Aceh Or. 1954

Shelfmark Or. 1954 Leiden University Library

Subject (topical) History of Aceh. Hikayat Aceh.

Subject (geographic) Aceh

Note 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.

Reference T. Iskander (ed.), 'De Hikayat Atjèh'. In: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 26 (1958) (ms. A) T. Iskander, Catalogue of Malay, Minangkabau, and South Sumatran manuscripts in the Netherlands. Vol. 1. Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden 1999, H.H. Juynboll, Catalogus van de Maleische en Sundaneesche handschriften der Leidse Universiteits-Bibliotheek, Leiden 1899, H.G. Penth, Hikajat Atjeh. Die Erzählung von der Abkunft und den Jugendjahren des Sultan Iskandar Muda von Atjeh (Sumatra), Wiesbaden 1969 E.P. Wieringa, Catalogue of Malay and Minangkabau Manuscripts 1, Leiden 1998, J.J. Witkam, Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Library of the University of Leiden. Vol. 2. Manuscripts Or. 1001-Or. 2000, Leiden 2007

Language Malay

Country No place, unknown, or undetermined

Form 281 pages ; 19,5 x 15,5 cm

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).

Published/created

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [circa 17th century]