Sejarah Melayu, the Malay Annals, is a Malay language chronicle recounting the origin, rise and fall of the Sultanate of Malacca, compiled by court historians drawing on earlier records; its oldest surviving version, from 1612, was commissioned by Raja Abdullah, regent of Johor, and compiled by Tun Sri Lanang. Written originally in the Jawi script, it survives today in some thirty two manuscript versions, and though it mixes legend with history, historians treat it as a primary source for verifiable events in the Malay world. It is regarded as one of the finest works of Malay literature and historiography and was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register in 2001.
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Composed, To (Year)1612 is the year the regent of Johor commissioned the compilation of the oldest surviving version; earlier accounts fed into it, so the start of composition is not given. Classification
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It was originally written in Classical Malay on traditional paper in old Jawi script
Compilation history section, 1612 commission
On 13 May 1612, during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah III of Johor, the regent of Johor, Yang di-Pertuan Di Hilir Raja Abdullah also known as Raja Bongsu, had commissioned the rewriting and compilation work of the manuscript
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is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanate.
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