II pp. 24-19: Adat Aceh\ court ceremonies etc. dating from the time of Iskandar Muda (1044/1634-5); at the end drawings of flags used in Aceh. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 27.

907. Cod.Or. 7312 Hikayat Raja Budiman v (4-) 70 pp. European laid paper; wm. Stag with SINGAPORE; 34 x 2014 cm.; 25 lines per p.; legible writing; written in the dialect of the north of the Malay Peninsula; the copying was finished by Cik Duh at Pulau Pinang on 20 January 1890; Snouck Hurgronje bequest. The text, pp. 1-70, also called Hikayat Lela Muda, contains the tale of Lela Muda, son of Raja Budiman, who at the instigation of his stepmother has to go in quest of a bird, burung indera bayu; he overcomes the difficulties which confront him with the help of a magic ring and a sword presented to him by his brother, naga emas; from Puteri Sambur Kuning he learns that the bird is to be found at Gunung Duabelas; with the aid of nenek kebayan, he wins the hand of a heavenly princess, Puteri Bungsu Kecik Cahaya Bulan, and defeats her fiancé, Syaikh Ali; but since the bird is in the possession of another heavenly princess, Puteri Bungsu Kecik Selinggang Cahaya, he has to win her hand too; on his return home the bird reveals his stepmother’s malicious intentions; on pp. i-v an index of names; the title Hikayat Raja Budiman is misleading; published by the RAS in Singapore. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 28.

908. Cod.Or. 7313 177 ff.; Italian handmade laid paper and thin wove paper; wm. European laid paper: Three crescents, Three moonfaces, A G (?), M G (cursive, — Galvani ?), wm. wove paper: C INI (ca. early 19th c.); I6V2 x IIV2 cm.; in general 13-21 lines per p.; in other cases at random; written by different hands (from fine to bad writing); a soiled MS; probably four MSS bound together; Snouck Hurgronje bequest. I ff. lv-21v: Zahrat al-murid ft bayan kalimat at-tawhid; by Abdus-Samad Palembang; the left corner at the bottom of f. lv is damaged; cf. Drewes 1977, p. 222. Voorhoeve 1980a, pp. 22, 67, 181; II f. 22r: Niat tayammum', a Malay translation of Nihayat al-muht&g li-sarh al- minhag by ar-Ramll; III ff. 22v-23r: Acehnese; Rempah-rempah\ Arabic names of herbs and their properties explained in Acehnese sanjak. Voorhoeve 1994, p. 255;