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- The MCP text
- Based on:
- Prussische Staatsbibliotheek, Berlin, MS Cop. Schoemann V. 44.
- Location references:
- to the pages (1-19) and lines of the manuscript.
- Statistics:
- 2582 words
- Provenance:
- Javanese; on the cover-leaf of the manucscript "Adapun hikayat ini Agus Ahmad yang empunya."
- Date:
- 1846. On cover-leaf 1261 [= 10 January - 29 December 1845]; at colophon 4 Maulud 1262 [= 2 March 1846]
Editorial notes- This text is accompanied in the manuscript by four others in the same genre, namely: Hikayat Puteri Salamah, Hikayat Bulan Dibelah Dua, Takbir Mimpi, and Surat Tamsil.
Raimy Che-Ross comments: "The Jawi in this manuscript is generally clear but rather coarse and contains a few spelling errors."
The full text of Hikayat Iblis was ealrier posted on the web by Raimy Che-Ross, and is now presented by Mohamed Yosri Mohamed Yong at http://w3.spancity.com/yosri/HikayatIblis.htm. This text may differ in some details from the text edited for the MCP.
Preparation- Added: 1998
- A transcription of the manuscript was prepared in by Raimy Che-Ross from the microfilm copy held in the Malay Manuscripts Centre of the National Library of Malaysia (microfilm no. 376). This was modified slightly for the MCP.
- Reliability:
- Some readings of the manuscript remain obscure.
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