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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0118 00002

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/873195

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Pesisir Selatan (Sumatera Barat)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Sutan Achmad Kosasi

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Document

Copyist:

Anonymous

Script:

Jawi; Arabic

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

Yes

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

28 x 21.8 cm

Text block dimension:

14.5 x 17.5 cm

Number of pages:

4 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains a letter. The text is a letter from the head of government of Sumatra, Pulau Andalas, to Tuanku Baginda Sri Sultan Besar, the king of the Tarusan region, requesting assistance in capturing Si Kasim, who fled from Padang to Tarusan.

Other notes:

Some parts of the paper are torn.

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Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Surat Permohonan Bantuan]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Malay; Arabic