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Category: South-east Asian

The Blue Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiyyah: A Rare Copy of a Malay Folk Story at Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Posted on 20 February 2024 by Majid Daneshgar

Note: My thanks go to Dr H. C. Carron, Dr Amy Leahy and Professor Barry Windeatt of Emmanuel College Library, University of Cambridge, for allowing […]

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Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, South-east Asian, Special Collections

Translating Persian Tafsir in Aceh: The Oldest Malay “Story of Joseph” at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 14 August 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

This post is written by Dr Majid Daneshgar who recently completed his Munby fellowship at Cambridge University Library and is now Associate Professor of Area […]

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Manuscripts, South-east Asian, Special Collections
Javanese manuscript with Arabic phrase

The Oldest Javanese Islamic Text at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 22 May 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

This post is co-written by Dr Majid Daneshgar (Munby Fellow, CUL) & Prof. Edwin Wieringa (Professor of Indonesian Philology and Islamic Studies, University of Cologne, […]

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Manuscripts, South-east Asian, Special Collections
CUL MS Gg.6.40, a manuscript containing text in Telugu

Erpenius’s Indian Manuscripts: Old Telugu Texts at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 21 April 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

Among the rich collection of oriental manuscripts belonging to Thomas Erpenius (d. 1624), there are still some items whose identity has remained obscure for centuries. […]

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Manuscripts, South Asian, South-east Asian, Special Collections

A newly-discovered Malay manuscript in Erpenius’ library: An old booklet of supplication

Posted on 29 March 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

While reconstructing the personal library of Thomas Erpenius (d. 1624) kept at Cambridge University Library (CUL) as part of my Munby fellowship, I have been […]

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Manuscripts, South Asian, South-east Asian, Special Collections

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