A new essay written by our Associate Professor, Dr. Majid Daneshgar, has been published from Cambridge University Library Special Collections. The essay is about the oldest dated commentary on the Qur’an from Aceh, Indonesia, which is based on a Persian source from Khorasan.
Translating Persian Tafsir in Aceh: The Oldest Malay
“Story of Joseph” at Cambridge University Library
“Among the rare Malay-Indonesian manuscripts belonging to Thomas Erpenius (d. 1624), now kept at Cambridge University Library, there is MS Dd.5.37, copied by the Dutch traveller and merchant, Pieter Willemsz van Elbinck (d. 1615) (also known as Peter Floris). It measures 20.5 x 15.7cm and contains…“
Other essays can be accessed from here.