The manuscript contains the 7th chapter of the work Bustan as-salatin, which was written
by Nuruddin ar-Raniri (according to Snouck Hurgronje 1630/1, according to the Indonesian
Wikipedia 1636).
On the first page of the ms. is written: “Bahwa ini Hikayat Bab al-Aqal”. This text is the 7th chapter of the Bustan as-Salatin which consists of four sub-chapters:
1. On the goodness and wickedness of Mankind; 2. On the science of prophesy 3. Medical science 4. Choosing a wife; intercourse between man and wife.
Summary of the text see Hurgronje (1989: 258-260) and PNM (1992: 17).
[f. 2v]: // Bismillahi ar-rahman ar-rahim. Al-babu sabi’u fi bayani al-aqli wa al-‘ilmi wa
dikru al-giriti al qiyafati wa ‘ilmu tasyrihi wa at-tayibati wa ba’du ihwa an-nitta
an-nissai min hikayat al’ajaib wa fihi irba’a nusulin bab yang ketujuh pada menyatakan
akal dan alam dan menyatakan alam peratas kiafat dan alam tasyrikh dan tabib dan setengah
iwal segala nisa daripada segala hikayat yang ajaib dan dalamnya empat pasal bagi
pasal yang pertama pada menyatakan peri kebajikan dan kejahatan segala manusia … /
