697. Cod.Or. 6114 Kaba Incek Malin 117 pp.; Minangkabau; exercise book; 16 x 10 cm.; 17-23 lines per p.; from legible to illegible writing; Van Ophuysen coll. The text contains the story of Incek Malin, son of the Datuek Tumanggung of Aceh; Maruhum Saripada of Aceh (also called Tuanku Sahi Alam or Mangkoto Alam) receives a letter from Sultan Hijarat asking for kapue and garu; nobody can read it (there are no more ulama and the mosques have fallen into decay) except Incek Malin; being not able to find kapue and garu in Aceh, the sultan dispatches several nakodoh with their ships, i.e. Incek Malin accompanied by Nakodoh Lelo, to Sultan Saidi Malim at Tiku Pariaman; there Incek Malin meets Dayang Saripodi, daughter of the ruler; they fall in love but alas, Incek Malin falls ill and dies while his ship sails back to Aceh; on the cover page the title is given in Roman characters: Chabar Intjeq- Malirrv, there are notes and jottings on the cover pages. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 200, no. 493 (wrongly described as Cod.Or. 6110).

698. Cod.Or. 6115 Kaba Malin Deman 160 ff.; Minangkabau; Dutch laid paper (the pp. are numbered from left to right 1- 170); wm. Eendracht with VD L; 17 x 10'/2 cm.; 17 lines per p.; legible writing; ff. 1, 4-8 and 4 ff. after f. 161 are lost (the ff. before 9 and after 161 are loose); Van Ophuysen coll. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 193, no. 477.

699. Cod.Or. 6116 Kaba Malin Deman 159 ff.; Minangkabau; Dutch laid paper; wm. Eendracht with VAN GELDER-, 17 x 10 cm.; 14-15 lines per p. (except for ff. 141-146; lined paper, 21 x I6V2 cm.; 24 lines per p.; written at Pariaman); written in different hands in blue and black ink or pencil; legible writing; the copying was finished on 14 March 1885 (on f. 159r in pencil); notes by readers dated 1887-1888; Van Ophuysen coll. The text is on ff. lr-154r; 4 ff. with the beginning are missing (the MS starts with p. 9 of the old numbering); ff. 154v-159r: notes by readers etc. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 193, no. 478.

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