Contents

Preface
A glossary of Malay-Indonesian terms and words
Abbreviations and symbols
System of romanization adopted
A prose summary of the translated sections of the Syair Mukomuko
Authorship of the Syair Mukomuko
An historical introduction
The Syair Mukomuko as a historical source
About the manuscript
The Syair Mukomuko: the Malay text and an English translation
Notes
Appendices

I. The Sultans of Anak Sungai

II. Chiefs of Mukomuko

III.

(a) Facsimile of a manuscript page

(b) A manuscript-sample

IV. Transliteration of the remaining sections of the Syair Mukomuko

Illustrations
An adat house in west Sumatra
Facsimile of the first page of the manuscript
A map of west Sumatra
View of Benkulen during the early nineteenth century

Bibliography
Index