Malay Works known by Werndly in 1736 A.D. 



By E. 0. Wiststedt. 



Wern dry's Maleische SpraakJcunst and its appendix Maleische 

 Boekzaal was printed in 1736 and is no longer easy to obtain. I 

 extract from it the list of Malay books known to Werndly at that 

 time, adding also comments, where they are of interest. 



1. Usui Ugama Islam. 



2. Idali Ugama Islam. 



3. Idali a'LfikJi. 



4. Bustanu's Salathin. 



5. Tajus-Salatliin or Hakota segala Raja-Raja. 



" It contains many moral precepts and tales and is at the same 

 time written in a very good and clear style. It is one of 

 the best books in the language to read." 



6. Taj sir al-Koran. " The Koran in Arabic with an inter- 

 linear Malay translation." 



7. Tauhicl. 



8. Ilafiz iman u'l-miimin. 



9. Hikayat Dzu'l-Karnmn : — The purport of the romance is 



that Alexander the Great conquered the world to convert 

 peoples to the faith of the God of Abraham. The book 

 is composed in very good Malay and adorned with very 

 few strange words; it is written in a clear easy style and 

 is therefore very useful for the study of the language." 



10. Hikayat Isma Yatim — " The language is good and the- 



style concise." 



11. Hikayat Ambon. 



12. Hikayat Amirul-mu minin Omar. 



13. Hikayat In dm Sakti. " The book is full of romantic tales 



of the old heathen religion with a miracle on every page. 

 It contains some words of the old language but otherwise 

 the style is not difficult." 



14. Hikayat Indraputra. 



15. Hikayat Acheh. 



16. Hikayat Bay an — " A description of the ingenuity of a 

 parroquet." 



17. Hikayat Bakhtiar. " The history of the Persian king- 



Azbakh." 



Jour. Straits Branch R. A. Soc, No. 82, 1920. 



