The Malay Historiography: A Study of Raja Ali Haji’s Tuhfat Al-Nafis

Alimuddin Hassan

Abstract


The Tuhfat al-Nafs book is one of the historical works on Malay history to this day. This book was written by Raja Ali Haji in 1282 H on the 5th of Rabi'al-Akhir. According to Raja Ali Haji, this book was written when he obtained the book from Sayyid Al-Sharif ‘Abd Al-Rahman ibn Sayyid Al-Syarif Kasim Sultan of Pontianak ibn Sayyid Al-Syarif‘ Abd Al-Rahman Al-Kadri.

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Tuhfat al-Nafs, Raja Ali Haji, Melayu

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24014/apjrs.v2i1.6383

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