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second half of the 18th century) in the court of the Faqlh (Pëkih) Nagmuddin, the su preme judge in the Bantën (Bantam) sulta nate in West-Java, for registration. The entries, invariably beginning with the word c alamat, are conscientiously dated (Muslim calendar), but not numbered. They mostly concern payments of debts, enfranchisements of slaves (or bondsmen) and. divorce cases. The leaves have been bundled at a later date without sufficient care. Cod. 5626 contains some leaves with do c as and niyats not be longing to the Register and one authentic piyagëm with the seal of the Bumi (grand- vizir of Bantën) Pai)éran Wargadiraja dated Sunday 4 Gumada ’1-awwal year Gim al-awwal 1221 (1806 A.D.) given to ÏJabèhi Sata Pracanda wot} Mërgasa. It concerns the ownership of a piece of land. The Register has been copied, also in Arabic script, by Professor Snouck Hurgronje’s Achehnese scribe Teungku Nurdin (cod. 7740a-f). The Malay cod. 7936, Professor S. H.’s Bantën notes, contains some Malay letters on, the Pëkih Nagmuddin’s position in the sultanate. Cf. the Bantën lawbook, cod. 5598. See facsimile, 60.231. Coll. Snouck Hurgronje, 1906. LOr 5631 — H-23.570 — damaged, with [holes 16 x 20 cm 23 p. and 92 p. verso 14 x 17 cm Arabic about 13 lines Recto-: Historical tale (the beginning is missing) about a patih (vizir) of Galuh (West Java) called kyahi Wiranatjga who was sent to the court of the Panembahan of Mataram to offer pajëg (tribute) in the shape of sinj at) (textile) of the polèi) pattern (p. 1-10).

LOr 5642 — S-49.640 16.5 x 20,5 cm 56 p. 14.5 x 18,5 cm Arabic about 20 ^ Accounts on loose leaves, boun gether. Origin: Banltën, West Java, ^ century. The entries begin as a rule ' kat)ge (“for”). Many of them seem to re to the fish-trade. They are dated sporadic 3 Coll. Sn. Hurgr., 1906. LOr 5643 — S-48.030 — loose leaves, [damaged, incotnp 15.5 x 20,5 cm 15 p. 11 x 14,5 cm Arabic 9 lines T i 1} k a h i 1} Warith, Handbook ^ the division of an inheritance according Muslim Law (fiqh). Coll. Sn. Hurgr., 1906.

LOr 5646 — R-15.510 — treebark P a V e _ 12,5 x 17 cm 252 p. [da« iag 9 x 10 cm Arabic 7 lines ^ Notes: Muslim prayers (do c a), •’ j, niyat, tamba (medicine), with rajahs, gin: Bantën, West Java, 19th century- Coll. Sn. Hurgr., 1906.