Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munshi ( Malaysian. Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munshi ) (1796-1854) - Malay enlightener and writer . Also known by the abbreviated name Abdullah Munshi (Abdullah the teacher). Revered in Malaysia as the father of modern Malay literature.
| Abdullah bin Abdulkadir Munshi | |
|---|---|
| Arab. عبد الله بن عبد القادر | |
 Abdullah bin Abdulkadir Munshi | |
| Date of Birth | 1796 |
| Place of Birth | Malacca |
| Date of death | 1854 |
| Place of death | Jeddah |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years of creativity | 1830-50s |
| Direction | Journalism |
| Genre | giggle |
| Language of Works | Malay |
Content
Short Biography
The son of a merchant. The origin is half Arab and half Tamil . He was the writer of Thomas Stamford Ruffles , taught Malay to Christian missionaries and Indian sepoys , and helped English scholars working on the description of Malaya .
Creativity
The first publisher of a short version of “ Malay genealogies ” ( 1840 ), translator into the Malay language of the Tamil “ Panchatantra ”.
Author of a number of works: “Shair on the fire in Singapore ” (1830), “The history of Abdullah’s voyage (1838),“ Dava-ul-Kulub ”(1883),“ The history of Abdullah ”(1849),“ The history of Abdullah’s voyage to Jeddah ”( neokonch., 1854), "The book on the customs of all Malay Rajas in the whole country" (1837).
In the lively and figurative Malay language of the works, the influence of the literary style of "Malay genealogies" is felt. They preach a rational attitude towards life [2]
Lithograph of the first edition of the book “The History of Abdullah” (1849)
The refinement of the book "History of Abdullah" edition of 1939
Notes
- ↑ Roux P. d. Nouveau Dictionnaire des œuvres de tous les temps et tous les pays - 2 - Éditions Robert Laffont , 1994. - Vol. 1. - P. 2. - ISBN 978-2-221-06888-5
- ↑ Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir. - in: Pogadayev, Victor. The Malay World (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore. Linguistic and Regional Dictionary. M.: Eastern Book, pp. 30-31
Compositions
- Karya lengkap Abdullah Abdul Kadir Munsyi (Complete Works of Abdullah Abdul Kadir Munshi). Editor Sweeney, Amin. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia: Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 2005-2008.
Bibliography
- Braginsky, V.I. History of Malay literature of the 7th-19th centuries. M., 1983.
- Abdullah Abdul Kadir Munshi // Pogadaev V.A. Malaysia. Pocket Encyclopedia. M .: Ant-guide, 2000, p. 211-212
- Hamidy, UU Pengarang Melayu dalam kerajaan Riau dan Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi dalam sastra Melayu (Malay writers in the Principality of Riau and the role of Abdullah Abdul Kadir Munshi in Malay literature). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1981.
- Ungku Maimunah Mohd. Tahir. The construction and institutionalization of Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi as the father of modern Malay literature: the role of westerners // The canon in Southeast Asian literatures: literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, edited by David Smyth (Richmond, Surrey: Curson, 2000), 99-113.
- Zahari A Rashid. Kenangan-kenangan Abdullah Munsyi (Memoirs of Abdullah Munshi). Petaling Jaya, Selangor IBS Buku Sdn. Bhd 2008.