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- The MCP text
- Based on manuscripts:
- [MS 91] Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, Mal.-Pol. 91 &
[MS 96] Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, Mal.-Pol. 96.- Location references:
- to the stanzas (1-56) of the text (also indicated in Muhammad Haji Salleh's printed edition)
- Statistics:
- 1068 words, comprising 224 verses
- Date:
- probably 1831
- Provenance:
- Singapore, composed by Tuan Siami.
Editorial notes- MS 96 is a copy of MS 91, which is now defective. The text presented here follows Mal.-Pol. 91 until it breaks off at 32b, after which it follows Mal.-Pol. 96. Variants between the manuscripts, and with MHS are noted below.
- Bibliography:
- [MHS] Muhammad Haji Salleh (ed.), Syair tantangan Singapura abad kesembilan belas, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1994.
Preparation- Added: 1998
- The text was transcribed by Ian Proudfoot in Paris in 1982, and later checked and corrected against the printed edition of Muhammad Haji Salleh.
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