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4143601The Achehnese — Volume IIArthur Warren Swete O'SullivanChristiaan Snouck Hurgronje

THE ACHEHNESE

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TUKU UMA. SLAIN 10th FEBRUARY, 1899.

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THE ACHEHNESE

BY

Dr. C. SNOUCK HURGRONJE
Adviser for Native Affairs, Netherlands India,

TRANSLATED

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the late A. W. S. O'SULLIVAN
Assistant Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements,

WITH AN INDEX

BY

R. J. WILKINSON
Inspector of Schools, Federated Malay States,


VOL. II.


Late E. J. BRILL
LEYDEN, 1906.

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E. J. Brill, publisher and printers, Leyden

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.


VOLUME II.

Chapter I. Learning and Science; Pp. 1–65.

(1) The practice of the three branches of Mohammedan teaching and its preliminary studu in Acheh; p. 1. (2) The heretical mysticism and its antagonists; p. 10. (3) Present level of learning in Acheh; p. 20. (4) Schools and student life; p. 23. (5) Branches of knowledge not appertaining to the threefold learning of Islam; p. 32. (6) Art; p. 59.

Chapter II. Literature; Pp. 66–189.

(1) Introductory; stories; forms of written literature; p. 66. (2) The Hikayat Ruhé; p. 78. (3) Epic Hikayats; p. 80. (4) Original treatises; p. 117. (5) Fiction; p. 121. (6) Tables relating to animals; p. 158. (7) Religious works;—pre-Mohammedan era; p. 165; (8) Idem;—Mohammedan era; p. 171. (9) Idem;—books of instruction and edification; p. 183.

Chapter III. Games and Pastimes; Pp. 190–268.

(1) Various games of young and old; p. 190. (2) Games of chance; p. 208. (3) Ratébs; p. 216. (4) Music; p. 267. (5) Processions and popular feasts; p. 265. (6) Hikayats; p. 268.

Chapter IV. Religion; Pp. 269–351.

(1) Introduction; p. 269. (2) Doctrine, popular beliefs, worships of saints, oaths; p. 281. (3) The remaining four "Pillars of Islam"; p. 303. (4) Domestic Law; p. 314. (5) Laws relating to trade and business; p. 319. (6) Government and the administration of Justice; p. 321. (7) The future of Islam; p. 338.

Index; Pp. 353–384.


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