Two more charts for the Arabic ocean

Abstract

As an addition to Laffan's recent discussion (2003:351-87) in this journal of lexical aids for J?w? students studying Arabic, I wish to draw attention to two more 'charts for the Arabic Ocean' which until recently remained hid den in the private library of a Dutch scholar. I am referring to the collection of manuscripts and printed books that once belonged to Guillaume Fr?d?ric Pijper (1893-1988).1 Before the Second World War, Pijper had been Assistant Adviser on Native Affairs (1931-1934; 1936-1937) and Adviser on Native Affairs (1937-1942). Unlike many of his less fortunate Dutch colleagues, he not only survived the hardships of the Japanese occupation, but also man aged to retrieve a considerable part of his looted library.2 When Pijper's widow passed away, in the course of 2003, this collection came up for auction, while the manuscripts were sold directly to the Library of Leiden University. Pijper's manuscripts (Arabic, Malay, Javanese and Sundanese), which he had given the serial numbers 1 to 19, are now kept in the Leiden University Library as Cod. Or. 26.316-26.335. His scholarly and administrative records and some other notes, mostly related to his work in Indonesia before the war and some having to do with his later duties as a professor in Amsterdam, were purchased by the Leiden University Library at Van Stockum's auction in The Hague on 13 November 2003, and are now registered as Cod. Or. 26.337. The Pijper collection furthermore consists of