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Hikayat (Jawi: حكاية; Gurmukhi: ਹਿਕਾਇਤਾ, romanized: Hikā'itā) is an Arabic word that literally translates to "stories" and is a form of Malay and Sikh literature. This article presents a list of hikayat from various time periods.
Poetical format is not required in Malay and Arabic Hikayat while the Acehnese Hikayat requires it. [3] Hikayats also appear in Sikh literature of the Indian subcontinent, of which 11 or 12 are associated with Guru Gobind Singh. [4] One famous example is the Hikaaitaan.
The hikayat is a form of Malay literature that writes concerning the adventures of heroes and legends from the pre-modern time period within the Malay Archipelago (spanning modern Indonesia and Malaysia, especially in Sumatra), it may also chronicle royalties and events surrounding them. The stories they contain, though based on history, are ...
Hikayat is a form of Malay literature, which tell the romanticised adventures of Malay heroes, or royal chronicles. The stories though based on historical events, are often involving mythological figures in a setting usually engaging the role of protagonists and antagonists.
Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain (Arabic: حكاية إسكندر ذو القرنين, lit. ' The Story/Exploits of Alexander ') is a Malay epic in the tradition of the Alexander Romance describing fictional exploits of Dhu al-Qarnayn (Zulkarnain), a king briefly mentioned in the Quran. The oldest existing manuscript is dated 1713, but is in a poor ...
Hikayat Seri Rama (Jawi: حكاية سري رام ) is the Malay literary adaptation of the Hindu Ramayana epic in the form of a hikayat. [1] [2] The main story remains the same as the original Sanskrit version but some aspects of it were slightly modified to a local context such as the spelling and pronunciation of names. Numerous branch ...
The Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa in Jawi script. The Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa (Jawi: حكاية مروڠ مهاوڠسا), alternatively spelt Hikayat Marong Mahawangsa and also known as the Kedah Annals, is a Malay literary work that gives a romantic account of the history and tales relating to the Malay kingdom of Kedah. [1]
Hikayat Abdullah (حکایت عبدالله) is a major literary work by Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, a Malacca-born Munshi of Singapore, composed in the hikayat genre. It was completed in 1845 and first published in 1849, [1] making it one of the first Malay literary texts to be published commercially. Abdullah's authorship was prominently ...