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Tuhfat al-Nafis

Tuhfat al-Nafis

Raja Ali Haji (with Raja Ahmad)

Author
Raja Ali Haji (with Raja Ahmad)
Year
1865
Field
History

The Precious Gift: a major Malay history covering Johor, Riau-Lingga and the Bugis nobility from the 17th to the 19th century. It is attributed mainly to Raja Ali Haji, building on work by his father Raja Ahmad, and was completed around 1865.

Sources

  1. Virginia Matheson & Barbara Watson Andaya (trans.), The Precious Gift (1982)