A monolingual, encyclopaedic dictionary of Malay as used in Pahang, Joho, Riau and Lingga, compiled by the prolific 19th-century author Raja Ali Haji. Many of the entries are quite elaborate with short poems and exposes to explain teh meaning of certain key words. This is part 3 of 9 installments in total of the first ever published version of the dictionary; part 3 contains entries starting with alif upto abis (habis), the rest is missing. The 9 parts that were to be published are only a fraction (first 6 letters of the Arabic alphabet) that have been preserved of the original manuscript. Copyist: al-‘Alim al-Fadhil al-Marhum Raja Haji ‘Ali ibni al-Marhum Raja Haji Ahmad ibni al-Marhum Raja Haji al-Syahid fi-sabil-Allah ta’ala di negeri Melaka Raja Ali Haji.
Notes: Incomplete: only p. 103-138 have been preserved, while within this range pages 107-8, 112-3, 132-3 are missing. Typogaphically printed work published by Al-Ahmadiah in Singapore. Poor condition, covers torn, back cover missing, many pages with insect holes, paper brittle and fragile. Front cover green, loose binding. The whole publication in 9 oparts consisted of 446 pages, which is a fraction of the original manuscript dictionary. It is surmised that the published version is based on a ms saved from a fire in the author’s grandson’s house. Raja Ali Haji also wrote and published other books on lingustics such as the grammar Bustan al-Katibin.
