Hikayat Amir Hamzah
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The MCP text
Based on:
Hikayat Amir Hamzah, ed. A. Samad Ahmad, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1987.
Location references:
to the pages (xxix-xxxi, 1-712) and lines of the 1987 edition.
Statistics:
245273 words
Underlying manuscript
"Naskah A": DBP MSS 4, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur.
Date:
of the manuscript:  unknown
of the text:  perhaps early sixteenth century
Provenance:
of the manuscript:  unknown
of the text:  unknown
 
Editorial notes and bibliography
A. Samad Ahmad appears to have edited the text rather freely, partly for personal taste, while also referring to other manuscript and lithograph versions in the Dewan Bahasa library.
References:
  • Liaw Yock Fang, Sejarah Kesusasteraan Klassik, rev. ed., Singapura: Pustaka Nasional, 1982, pp.148-159.
 
Preparation
Added:  August 2004
The 1987 edition was scanned for the MCP in Canberra using Recognita™ OCR.