ACEH COJANG FOR TRANSLATION ,MALAY/ARABIC INSCRIPTION / STRANGE DATE

[mohd]

Hi Willem,

So sorry for the late reply because I just opened my mailbox and read your email this morning

Congrats for acquiring the beautiful Klewang (i.e. or Parang Lading Jantan) Aceh.

Those inscriptions are Malay words written in Jawi.



ﻻفــن = lapan = eight
هــاري = hari = day
بــولــن = bulan = month
ربــيــع ال = rabi' ula = most probably is "Rabiul Ula" or "Rabiul Awal" which is the 3rd month of the Hijriyah Calender.
ســنــة = sanah = year (i.e. Arabic)
1317 = 1317 Hijriyah = Hijriyah year 1317 (i.e. 1899)

ﻻفــن هــاري بــولــن ربــيــع ال ســنــة 1317 = lapan hari bulan rabi' ula sanah 1317 = The eight day of the month of Rabiul Ula in the Hijriyah year of 1317 = ~ Monday 17th July 1899



امـفــوث = ampunya = owned
حــق = hak = righteously
تــوﺀ شــيــخ = tok sheikh = a nickname which means The Old Pious

امـفــوث حــق تــوﺀ شــيــخ = ampunya hak tok sheikh = Righteously owned by Tok Sheikh

Hope this help

mohd