Syair Dagang Berjual-beli

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text notes

list of words

list of rhyme words

Bibliography

title:		Syair Dagang Berjual-beli
manuscripts:		Mal.-Pol. 91 & Mal.-Pol. 96, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris.
dates:		text:  1830;    manuscripts:  1835.
provenance:		text:  Singapore, composed by Tuan Siami;    manuscripts:  Malacca, Mal.-Pol. 91 was copied out by Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi for T.J. Newbold.
words:		1065 words, comprising 224 verses.
references:		to the stanzas (1-56) of the text  (also indicated in Muhammad Haji Salleh's printed edition).

 

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 mentioned in the notes.

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.

 

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