Hikayat Iblis
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This text was kindly provided by Raimy Che' Ross
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.