Syair Potong Gaji

bibliography

text notes

list of words

list of rhyme words

Bibliography

title:		Syair Potong Gaji
manuscripts:		Mal.-Pol. 91, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris; Mal.-Pol. 96, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris.
dates:		text:  1831;    manuscripts:  1935.
provenance:		text:  Singapore;    manuscripts:  Malacca.
words:		732 words, comprising 152 verses.
references:		to the stanzas (1-38) of the manuscript text.

 

Editorial notes

MS 96 is a copy of MS 91, which is now defective.  The text presented here follows Mal.-Pol. 96 as far as 26b, after which Mal.-Pol. 91 resumes.  Variants between the manuscripts, and with MHS are noted below.

 Bibliography:

Muhammad Haji Salleh (ed.), Syair tantangan Singapura abad kesembilan belas, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1994.

Ian Proudfoot, “Abdullah vs Siami: Early Malay Verdicts on British Justice”, Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, 80.1 (June 2007): 1-16.

 

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.