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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0058 00033

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/622788

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Cirebon (Jawa Barat)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Makrifat Iman

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Letter

Copying date in Gregorian:

1934 February 5

Script:

Arabic; Roman

Writing support:

Lined paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

27,5 cm x 21 cm

Text block dimension:

17 cm x 9 cm

Number of pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript is a telegram written on Monday, 5 February 1934. The text contains QS. Al Fajr verse 9-12 (in Arabic script) and a translation into Malay in Roman script. The translation runs as follows: dan kaoem Samoed jang telah memotong mereka kepada batoe jang ada di goeha dan Firaun jang mempoenjai patok jang telah latjoet mereka di dalam negri. The end is unreadable because of holes in the paper.

Colophon:

Dinsdag (Qoer’an) 5 Pebruari 1934

Other notes:

The paper is in bad condition with holes in it at the fold, making two lines of text unreadable. The letter head says Nederlandsch-Indische ESCOMPTO Maatschappij and refers to a banking corporation established in Batavia in 1857.

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Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Ayat Surat Al-Fajr

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Verses of the Al-Fajr Chapter of The Koran]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Arabic; Indonesian; Dutch