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ID: 350282
General information
Shelfmark Vat.ind.4
Date of text 1 March 1656
Place' probably Batavia
Support paper
Height 390
Width 310
Extent 84
Overview This is the earliest existing recension of the Undang-Undang Melaka that was promulgated during the reign of Sultan Mahmud Shah in Melakka (1488-1511).

Description
Title Undang-undang Melaka (The Laws of Melacca)
Supplied title Jus maritimum secundum constitutiones Regis Malacarum Sultani Mahmoud (The Maritime Law according to the constitution of the King of Melaka Sultan Mahmud)
Supplied title Hukum Kanun Melaka
Supplied title Risalah Hukum Kanun
Supplied title Undang-Undang Darat Melaka
Incipit Bismillāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm. Alḥamdu lillāh rabb al-ʿālamīn wa-l-ṣalāt wa-l-salām al-kirām bi-mudd al-layāl wa-l-ayyām. Segala puji bagi Allah Tuhan sarwa alam sekalian melimpahkan cahayanya… (In the name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent. All praise is due to God the Lord of all worlds. Prayers and peace be upon our noble Prophet, throughout the night and day)
Explicit “maka disuruhnya naik kayu oleh yang meminjam itu maka jatuh patuh atau mati diganti setengah harga pada menyatakan meminjam. Tammat al-kalām” (... then he was ordered to climb a stick by the borrower, then he fell down obediently or died and was replaced by half the price when declaring the loan. End of the word.)

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