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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0043 00003

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/536224

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Sijunjung (Sumatera Barat)

Name of collection:

Surau Simaung

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Literature

Begin Year Date:

1800

End Year Date:

1850

Place of copying:

Sumani

Script:

Arabic

Writing support:

European paper

Watermark?:

Yes

Countermark?:

Yes

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

21 x 17 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

21 x 16,5 cm

Text block dimension:

15 x 9,5 cm

Number of pages:

20 pages

Number of blank pages:

6 pages

Rubrication?:

Yes

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text contains about Arabic stylistics. Naẓam Amani contains only two branches of balāghah (Arabic literature) namely Bayān and ma‘ānī which are summarized in one hundred verses of poetry. In addition, there are summaries of several books such as Mukhtasar badī ’wa al-ma’ānī by As‘ad al-Dīn al-Rajī and kitab al-Misbāḥ by Imām Badr al-Dīn.

Colophon:

Tammat al-kitāb al-musamā bi Sharḥ al-Madkhal fī waqti al-Ẓuhr yawm al-Thulathā’ fī shahr Dhī al-Ḥijjah fī sanah al-Hā’ fī balad al-Sumani. Tamma al-sharḥ al-mubārak bi ḥamdillāh wa tawfīqihi fī waqt al-Ḍuḥā fīyawm al-Aḥad fī shahr Dhī al-Qa‘dah fī sanah al-Hā’ fī hijrat al-Nabī alfa wa mi’atayn wa ‘ishrīn sanah.

Other notes:

The text has many additional notes written in the margins on each page. In the recto section of the first sheet there is a description of the origin of the manuscript, namely: "This belongs to Tuanku Sijunjung who is located in Calau".

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

نطم امني

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Naẓam Amanī

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Naẓam Amanī

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Arabic

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Item 2 - Title in Native script:

البديع

Item 2 - Title in Roman script:

Al-Badī’

Item 2 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 2 - Language:

Arabic

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Item 3 - Title in Native script:

شرح المدخل فى علم المعانى

Item 3 - Title in Roman script:

Sharḥ al-Madkhal fī ‘Ilmi al-Ma’ānī

Item 3 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 3 - Language:

Arabic

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Item 4 - Title in Native script:

المدخل فى فن البلاغة و توابيعها

Item 4 - Title in Roman script:

Al-Madkhal fī fann al-Balāghah wa tawābi‘uhā

Item 4 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 4 - Language:

Arabic