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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 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 ...
Hikayat Perang Sabil is also known as "Hikayat Prang Sabi". [14] Hikayat Perang Sabil is considered as part of 19th century Malay literature. [15] In Dutch occupied Aceh, Hikayat Perang Sabil was confiscated from Sabi's house during a Police raid on September 27, 1917. [16] [17] [18]
A Kelantanese Wayang Kulit that narrated the tale of Hikayat Seri Rama. Malaysian folklore is the folk culture of Malaysia and other indigenous people of the Malay Archipelago as expressed in its oral traditions, written manuscripts and local wisdoms. Malaysian folklores were traditionally transmitted orally in the absence of writing systems.
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.
Pages in category "Malay-language literature" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Hikayat Abu Samah; Hikayat Amir Hamzah;
A copy of the Hang Tuah Saga in display. Hikayat Hang Tuah (Jawi: حکاية هڠ تواه) is a Malay work of literature that tells the tale of the legendary Malay warrior, Hang Tuah and his four warrior friends - Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekir and Hang Lekiu – who lived during the height of the Sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century.
The plot device of a woman passing herself as a man to do war, as in Syair Abdul Muluk, was a common one in Malay and Javanese literature, including the Pandji stories from Java and hikayat and syair from Malaya. Other examples included the Hikayat Panji Semirang, Hikayat Jauhar Manikam, and Syair Siti Zubaidah Perang Cina.