Contents:
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
- The Malay Language and Literature
- Malay Folk Liteature: – (a) Mythology, Riddles, Proverbs and Clock-Stories; (b) Beast Fables and the Hikayat Pelandok Jenaka (c) Farcical Tales and the Hikayat Mahashodhak (d) Folk Romances
- The Hindu Period: – (a) Indian eprics (b) Shadow-play plots founded on the Indian epics (c) Romances of the Hindu period
- A Javanese Element: – Tales from the Majapahit Shadow-plays, and the Hikayat Hang Tuah
- From Hinuism to Islam: – Malay romances of the transition
- The Coming of Islam and Islamic literature
- Muslim Legends: – (a) Pre-Islamic Heroes, Iskandar Dhu’l-Karnaian, Amir Hamza, Raja Jumjumah, Saif Dhu’l-Yazan, Ibrahim ibn Adham (b) Tales of the Prophet (c) Adventures of People about Prophet, Muhammad Hanafiah, Tamim ad-Dari, Sama’un, Abu-Samah (d) the Malayo-Muslim story of raja Handak
- Cycles of Tales from Muslim Sources: -Hikayat Bayan Budiman, Hikayat Kalila dan Damina, The Bakhtiar cycle (Hikayat Bakhtiar and Hikayat Golam)
- Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and History
- Malay Histories
- Digests of Law
- Munshi ‘Abdu’llah
- Malay Poetry-Rhythmical verse; the Sha’ir; the Pantun
Appendix – Outlines of the following Malay works
Hikayat Pandawa Jaya
Hikayat Sang Boma (or Sang Samba)
Hikayat Chekel-Waneng-Pati
Hikayat Ahmad Muhammad
Hikayat Shah-i Mardan
Hikayat Amir Hamza (part)
Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah
Hikayat Saif Dhu’l Yazan
Hikayat Sama’un
Hikayat Raja Handak
Hikayat Bakhtiar
Hikayat Kalila dan Damina
Taj a’s-salatin
Bibliography
Index
