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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0010 00066

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/513118

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Baubau (Sulawesi Tenggara)

Name of collection:

Private collection of La Ode Zaenu

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Shelfmark:

MLZ 66

Subject matter:

Sufism

Copying date in native date:

1212 Syawal

Copying date in Gregorian:

1789

Place of copying:

South Sulawesi

Script:

Jawi, Arabic

Writing support:

European paper

Watermark?:

Yes

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

21 x 17 cm

Text block dimension:

15 x 11.2 cm

Number of pages:

26 pages

Number of blank pages:

6 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript deals with the Sufi-philosophical meaning of the creed (lā ilāha illallāh) and how to take the oath in a Sufi Order.

Colophon:

Tatkala selesai faqir mengarang kitab di negeri Langa Bugis antara Mandar dan Mengkasar pada bulan Syawal hijrah Nabi ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam sanah 1212 fasammaytuhu Shuhūd al-Raḥmān wa ṣallallāhu ‘alá sayyidinā Muḥammad wa ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi sallama.

Other notes:

The manuscript is incomplete as pages at the beginning and end are missing. The text is written without the use of diacritics.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

شهود الرحمن

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Shuhūd al-Raḥmān

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Shuhūd al-Raḥmān

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Malay, Arabic