Timeline of the Malay jawi works: a revisit to the oldest known Malay manuscript

• Main Authors: Jusoh, Che' Razi, Elias @ Mayah, Aliza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: ND1470 Technique and materials; ND2550 Illuminating of manuscripts and books
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/69441/1/69441_Timeline%20of%20the%20Malay%20Jawi%20Works.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/69441/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/al-itqan/index.php/al-itqan/article/view/91/32
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The paper examines the dating of writings on Islam originating in the Malay world in the form of either treatise (risālah) or book (kitāb) as there are disagreements on the date of the advent of Islam in the region. The researchers revisit the polemic of the topic of the oldest known Malay manuscrip...