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| Title | Memoirs of a Malayan Family Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature Oriental Translation Fund Volume 11 of Publications, Oriental Translation Fund [Oriental translation fund. Publications. 11] |
| Author | Nakhoda Muda |
| Translated by | William Marsden |
| Contributor | 'La-uddı̄n |
| Publisher | Oriental translation fund, sold, 1830 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 88 pages |
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