II f. 9v: Letter, draft of a letter addressed to Tuanku Laras, dated 2 February 1857; bad hand. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 166, no. 391.

1306. Cod.Or. 12.198 Saier Sri Boeniatr, also called Syair Silindung Delima 45 ff.; Dutch laid paper; wm. with C & I HONIG', 26 x 22 cm.; 15 lines per p.; fine writing; the copying was finished at Bangkahulu on 15 January 1859; on the cover is the title in Roman characters; Minangkabau influenced Malay; Van Ophuysen coll. (77). Van Ronkel 1921, p. 64, no. 156.

1307. Cod.Or. 12.199

24 ff.; Dutch laid paper; wm. Eendracht', 19'/2 x 16 cm.; 18-24 lines per p.; legible writing; the copying was finished on 28 January 1859 at Kota Gedang; Van Ophuysen coll. (78A). I ff. lv-3r: School report', model of a school report in Roman and Jawi characters, II ff. 4r-6r: Peraturan dalam Sekola Gadang di Bukittinggi', regulations of the Teachers’ Training College at Bukittinggi; III ff. 6v-7v: Undang-undang peraturan penghulu dalam negeri', regulations concerning penghulw, dated 3 January 1859; IV ff. 7v-9r: Undang-undangpada aturan imam dalam negeri', regulations concerning imam; dated 24 December 1858;

V ff. 9r-24v: Syair ma'rifat; the author advises the student to find a teacher in order to acquire the ilmu ma'rifat', he compares this knowledge to a tall tree with four branches (cawang) and fruits in beautiful colours, obtainable only with the instruction of a teacher; it is also comparable to a coconut: syari'at is the husk, tarikat the shell, hakikat the pulp, and ma'rifat the oil; the author thinks many people are misled; tigers they mistake for deer and a high mountain for a plain, they wish to walk on the sea and on the edge of a knife, for immunity from poison, to put an egg on the tip of a horn, to be suspended by a single hair; the author reminds the students of: man ‘arafa nafsahu faqad ‘arafa rabbahu; to know God is to know iman, Islam, tauwhid, and ma'rifat', if one knows these four you will know the essence of God; the second part (f. 13r etc.) of this