The manuscripts in this collection were digitised as part of the EAP205 Endangered Manuscript Collections of Sufi Brotherhoods in Western Sumatra project. The original manuscripts are held at the Surau Sheikh Abdurrahman in Kabupaten Lima Puluh Kota, Western Sumatra.
One manuscript is a compendium of works concerned with Islamic law, mysticism, history, medicine and magic. The other is a narrative about the pilgrimage from Mecca to Egypt. The manuscripts date from the 18th and 19th centuries respectively. At the time of cataloguing, the original material within the Surau was maintained by the Sheikh Syahrani Khalil.
These items are two of three manuscripts held at the Surau Sheikh Abdurrahman. Information about the third manuscript, and the previous collections held by the Surau, can be found in the EAP205 survey report. Over the past 50 years many Surau manuscripts have been misplaced, stolen, and damaged or destroyed, which accounts for the small size of the collection.
