lines per p.; Roman characters; on the cover mistakenly called Hikayat Samauna; Riedel coll.; donated by Van Ronkel. The text contains the story of Sama’un who could talk at the age of 3 days; he forces his parents to embrace Islam, fights Abu Jahal, and as a companion of Muhammad also fights Bakti, ruler of Sari; the text shows the same peculiarities as the Jakarta MS Cohen Stuart 31; cf. Van Ronkel (1901a); cf. also Van der Tuuk (1866c).

769. Cod.Or. 6671 Cent era Fir'un dan Raja Mesir 23 ff.; Dutch laid paper; wm. Vrijheid with WH1SSINK; 20 x 16'A cm.; 17 lines per p.; legible writing; of Gorontalo origin; Riedel coll.; donated by Van Ronkel. The text contains the story of the birth of Musa, son of ‘Imran, and of Fir‘ün killing the infants; about the pharaohs of Egypt and the life of Moses; the text ends abruptly.

770. Cod.Or. 6672 Kitab ad-durr al-manzüm ft ’s-sirr al- ‘azim 128 ff.; Dutch laid paper; wm. Vrijheid with VD L; 21x17 cm.; 17 lines per p.; fine writing; as author is mentioned Muhammad ibn Kemas Haji Ahmad Palembang; the writing was accomplished in the space of three months and was finished on 8 Safar 1249/27 June 1833; written by order of Pangeran Sutanandita ibn Susuhunan Husin Dia’uddin (= Sultan Ahmad Najmuddin); Riedel coll.; donated by Van Ronkel. The work is compiled from Arabic sources; the text, ff. 3v-113v, contains tracts of oneiromancy with some hikmah and fa ’edah of Luqman al-hakJm; it comprises an introduction and 15 bab', 1. ff. 23r-26v: Bab I: Pada menyatakan bermimpi melihat Allah ta ‘ala, dan mala ’ikat, dan anbia dan syurga, dan naraka, dan ‘ars, dan kursi, dan sirüt al-mustaqim dan hari kiamaf, 2. ff. 26v-113v: Bab II-XV: Pada menyatakan bermimpi melihat langit, dan bumi, dan luh mahfuz, dan bintang, dan matahari, dan bulan, dan angin, dan kilat, dan petir, dan awan, dan hujan ending with Bab XV, Pada menyatakan bermimpi yang larang mendapat akan dia lagi mintak tolong akan dia oleh insan atas menta ‘birkan mimpinya (ff. 1 lOv- 113v); at the end are azimat (ff. 113v-122v).