history of Mataram until its division into Surakarta and Yogyakarta; the plague in Cirebon in 1427 AJ/ca. 1505 (pp. 282-375); then follows the history of Banten beginning with Muhammad Kapil, the granting of Batawi to the Dutch by Mataram and Banten, the war between Jayakarta and the Dutch, the secession of Bogor, Bandung, Sumedang, and Krawang to the Dutch (pp. 375-383); then the author again returns to the history of Cirebon, beginning with Panembahan Ratu (1571 AJ/ca. 1505) up to Panembahan Pakungwati (1557 AJ/1635) (pp. 383-405); the history of Banten from Sultan Muhammad Nasaruddin onwards; the relation between Cirebon and Mataram (1584 AJ/1661) and between Cirebon and Banten; the history of Cirebon ends with the year 1865. Van Ronkel 1921, pp. 280-1.

935. Cod.Or. 7340 Kitab fa’al 44 ff.; lined paper; 23 x 17'/2 cm.; 22 lines per p.; fine writing; on f. lr a note by Snouck Hurgronje that on 8/3-’92 the MS, accompanied by a letter, was received from the Regent of Serang; Snouck Hurgronje bequest. The text, ff. 2v-41v, is about omens (ff. 2v-3v), animals which bring ill-luck (f. 4r), nahas and the way to prevent it (f. 4r, v); auspicious days (ff. 4v-6v); prerequisites when building a house (ff. 6v-7r); the lucky and unlucky days of the month (ff. 7r-10r); interpretation of dreams (ff. 10r-13v), timetable of low and high tides for a month (f. 14r); table of lucky and unlucky days of each month of the year etc. (ff. 14v-15r); the twelve stars etc. (ff. 15v-20r); interpretation of earthquakes (ff. 20v-22v); ilmu firasat (ff. 22v-24v); misfortune brought about by children by calculating the numerical values of certain letters in the names of the parents etc. (ff. 24v-25r), interpretation of eclipses (f. 25r), determining auspicious and inauspicious times for planting etc. from natural phenomena (ff. 26r, v), fa’al based on stars (ff. 26v-27r), fa’al of the Prophet Daniel etc. (ff. 27r-29r), rigal al-gaib (ff. 29v-31r), naga beralih (ff. 31r-32v), timetable for high and low tides (f. 33r), ta'bir kain dimakan tikus (ff. 33v-34r), auspicious times etc. for building a house (ff. 34v-35r), fa’al based on animals (f. 35r, v), fa 'al isim segala nabi (ff. 35v-36v), divination by using surah of the Qur’an etc. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 295.

936. Cod.Or. 7341 127 ff.; European laid paper; wm. very vague: Coat-of-Arms of Amsterdam (probably 18th c.); badly perforated by insects; 21 x 17 cm.; 13 lines per p.; legible writing but owing to holes illegible in places; Snouck Hurgronje bequest. I ff. lr-14r: Nür al-mubin ft ‘tiqad kalimat as-sahadatain; a small treatise about religious doctrine and the Creed; the beginning is missing; written by