MALAY MANUSCRIPTS. 157 



Xo. 3.2 7, small 4to. Charita Taifa, containing the first 10 

 tales of MS. Xo. 285. The introduction about the parrot 

 and his master is omitted : and in place there is a dis- 

 course on the solace the romance brings. Resembling No. 

 285 closely in style and language, it differs in substitut- 

 ing Malay for Persian names. 



Xo. 373 fol:— 



(a) Ht. Muhammad Hanafiah (Singapore E. L. 372.) 



(b) Ht. SJtah-i Mardan (or Ht. Indra Jaya.) 



(c) Ht. Pelandok Jenaha (Vide Xo. 67 supra.) 



(d) Ht. Ndbi Muhammad salkcllaliu alaihi wa-sallama 

 berperang dengan Raja Khaibar. ( -Ht. Raja Khai- 

 bar E. 0. W.) It is a slipshod MS. written by Isahak 

 and Ahmad of Kedah. 



. Xo. 374:, small 4to. Ht. Muhammad Hanafiah — closely agree- 

 ing with Xo. 373 (a). 



Xo. 375, small 4to. Shaer Jaran Tamasa. The poem relates 

 the adventures of Jaran Tamasa and Kani Lamlam Arsa 

 daughter of Temenggong Singa Angkawa at the court of 

 Majapahit, A vizier Aria Senapateh left three sons Baya 

 Santika. Gagak Eajasa and Jaran Tamasa. who were 

 adopted by his king. , 



The following 2 MSS. in Latin characters are in the Mackenzie 

 collection : — 



Xo. 61. Babat Sekandar, a medley of Mala}', Javanese and 

 Dutch : purports to be translated bv a European in 1731 

 A.D. 



Xo. 64. Buk Charitra Rama 95 pp.; full of Javanisms. The 

 first section tells of Dasarata, his wives and children; the 

 second of Easi Kala. father of Sinta and the planting of 

 the forty palms. 



Finally prefacing a Javanese MS. of the Jaya Langkara is a 

 Salasilah Basulw'Uali beginning with Muhammad and ending with 

 Sunan Eatu of Giri Kadaton. 



De Maleische Handschriften in liet Britsch Museum. (Bij. 

 T. L. en Yk. 3.° Vol. 6, 1871 pp. 96-101). Under this title G. K. 

 Xiemann gave a catalogue of 24 Malay MSS. in the British Museum 

 (Xos. 12376-98) acquired from John Crawfurd's collection: he 

 added that the Museum owns Malay MSS. obtained from other 

 sources which are not included in his list. The MSS. are as fol- 

 lows : — 



1. Hikayat Deiva Mandu, 430 pp.: looks old. Also a Java- 

 nese version in the library of E. A. S. 



2. Muhammad Hanafiah, 372 pp. (Singapore E. L. 372.) 



3. A book of moral maxims, 112 pp. A sort of short version 

 of the Taju's-salatin. 



E, A. Soc. No. 82, 1920. 



