Archival records from Digitising Malay writing in Sri Lanka (EAP609)

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  • Sinthaby Badulla Diary

    File Ref: EAP609/15/1
    The notebook gives details of home remedies, grocery lists, land purchase details, marriages and deaths. Some text in Gundal script.Physical…

  • Sinthaby Family List

    File Ref: EAP609/15/3
    Document detailing family members' births, marriages and deaths opening with Mr. Mahamood Sinthaby’s grandfather who died in 1899. Records…

  • A Grammar of the Malayan Language

    File Ref: EAP609/16/1
    A copy of the well known Malay Grammar by William Marsden, published in London in 1812. Some text in Gundal.Physical characteristics of original…

  • Kitab Nujum

    File Ref: EAP609/17/1
    Astrology book. End missing. Malay, Arabic, Arabu-Tamil, English.Physical characteristics of original material: Small brown notebook – hard cover,…

  • Angkatan Menulis Ism

    File Ref: EAP609/17/3
    Prayers and recitations for a range of occasions, many to be used for protection (i.e guarding one's body and property from danger). Some text…

  • Weerabangsa Family Notes

    File Ref: EAP609/17/4
    Notes and dates relating to the Weerabangsa family history. Creation dates: Compiled by Maas Tuan Jury Weerabangsa in 1924 in Kurunegala and…

  • Register of Services

    File Ref: EAP609/17/5
    First pages (from left to right) list data of offences (for example gaming, cruelty to animals) and outcomes from Hatton court. The entries begin…

  • Talqeen Notebook

    File Ref: EAP609/17/6
    The notebook contains various prayers including one to be recited by a bride’s father to bridegroom. Arabu-Tamil, Arabic, and note in English.…

  • Marriage Registration Record Book

    File Ref: EAP609/19/1
    Contains records of marriages performed at the Wekande Mosque in Slave Island, Colombo, beginning in 1924. Arabic, Tamil, English, and Arabu-Tamil.…

  • Malay Progressive Union Letter

    File Ref: EAP609/20/1
    Letter written on Malay Progressive Union letterhead in 1939. Addressed to Tuan Haj Muhammad Anwar bin Hasan asking for books to staudy Malay. Some…

  • Colombo Apothecaries Letter

    File Ref: EAP609/20/2
    This letter certifies that M. H. N. Emran’s maternal grandfather was employed at the Colombo Apothecaries from August 1911. The letter is dated 22…

  • Ceylon Observer 1928 Letter

    File Ref: EAP609/20/3
    A fragment of a letter of reference, written in 1928. Due to its condition cannot be read in full and the name of author unclear.Physical…

  • Ceylon Observer 1922 Letter

    File Ref: EAP609/20/4
    Letter of reference certifying that M. Hassim (M. H. N. Emran’s maternal grandfather) was employed at the Ceylon Observer in 1922.Physical…

  • Times of Ceylon Discharge Letter

    File Ref: EAP609/20/5
    A letter of discharge from the Times of Ceylon for M. Hassim, dated 15th June 1943.Physical characteristics of original material: Laminated page,…

  • Enter Love Poem

    File Ref: EAP609/21/1
    A love poem in Sri Lankan Malay.Physical characteristics of original material: Written on lined paper with blue pen. Well kept. Extent and format…