Syair Saudagar Bodoh

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text notes

list of words

list of rhyme words

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title:		Syair Saudagar Bodoh
manuscript:		Kl. 164, University of Leiden Library.
dates:		text:  ±1861;    manuscript:  collected 1864-1867.
provenance:		text:  Penyengat, Riau,  composed by Raja Kalzum, a daughter of Raja Ali Haji;    manuscript:  Riau, collected by H.C. Klinkert.
words:		5485 words, comprising 1298 verses.
references:		to the stanzas (1-325) and verses of the manuscript text; [t]  signifies title, standing at the head of the verse text.

 

This text was kindly provided by Jan van der Putten

 

References

Ph.S. van Ronkel, Supplement-Catalogus der Maleische en Minangkabausche Handschriften in de Leidsche Universiteits-Biblioteek, Leiden: Brill, 1921: no.172 (pp.72-73).

Mulaika Hijjas, Victorious Wives. The Disguised Heroine in 19th-Century Malay Syair, Singapore: NUS Press / Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, MBRAS Monograph 44, 2011. — This excellent study includes extract and English translation pp.260-275.

An English translation of the poem has been prepared by Ian Proudfoot, available on-line.

 

Preparation

Added:  1998

Typed transcription provided by Jan van der Putten, and adapted for this project.