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steampunk_nusantara2010-03-18 03:27 pm
FRAGMENT: Royal Letter Between Majapahit & Melaka, Early 20th Century.
Fragments of what appears to be a royal letter, likely used for correspondence between heads of state, and a messenger tube. Seal indicates that it is from the Kingdom of Majapahit, circa early 20th century.
Letter was almost disintegrated, either from heat or mold — it’s hard to tell, for some strange reason, so fragments remain.
Here’s the transcription of the original text, as much as I can salvage from the blasted OCR machine. Will need to sit down with the linguist when I can and hammer out a translation:
Fragment 1:
کهدڤن سلطان علاء الدين ريايت شاه ٩، سلطان کراجأن ملاک-جوهر، ڤد ١٢ ذولقاايده ١٣٤٥ تاهون هجرة، دري مهاراج ۏيکراماۏورضانا ٧، ڤنجي سکالا عالم کراجأن ماجڤاهيت، يڠ ممباوا هارڤن بهاواسڽ سلطان علاء الدين صيحت سجهترا، دان کادأن نکارا توانکو تنترام دان تيدق ترکنا بالا،
واهاي سلطان علاء الدين، ساودارا بيتا دالم ڤمرينتاهن،
ترلبيه دهولو بيتا ايڠين مڠهانتر تهنيئه سکالا تهنيئه کاتس کلاهيرن انقندا ساودارا يڠ ک-2، دان بيتا برهارڤ انقندا سلطان دان بونداڽ صيحت والعافية. بيتا دان کلوارک بيتا صيحت سجهترا جوک د ماجڤاهيت-ڤورا، دان اديق ايڤر ساودارا، نديم ابن تواه، ايڠين مڠيريم سلام، دان ايڠين جوک تاهو کادأن
To the Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah IX, Sultan of the Kingdom of Melaka-Johor, on the 12th Zulqaedah 1345 Hijrah, from the Maharaja Vikramavurdhana VII, Symbol of All The Realm of The Majapahit Empire, who brings hope that Sultan Alauddin is hale and hearty, and the state of His Majesty is peaceful and without misfortune,
O Sultan Alauddin, My Brother in Rulership,
First of all, we wish to send our heartiest congratulations for the birth of thine second child, and we hope child and mother are in the pink of health. We and our family are hale and hearty as well in the city of Majapahit, and thy brother-in-law, Nadim ibnu Tuah, wishes to send his regards and also wishes to know the state of—
Fragment 2:
واهاي ساودارا،
ڤريحال ڤرتاڽاٴن ساودارا د دالم سورت يڠ تله بيتا تريما ميڠکو لڤس , مڠناٴي سورت يڠ ساودارا تريما دري مخلوق يڠ مڽاتاکن بهاوا ديريڽ واکيل کڤد کراجاٴن برسوم. . سڤرتيمان ساودارا سودە جڠککن, , واکيل ترسبوت
O Brother,
With regards to thy question in thine letter that we have received last week, with regards to the letter thou hast received from the being who claims to be the representative of the Kingdom of Barsūm. As thou mayst guess, the representative—
Fragment 3:
مڠيکوت اهلي سجارە بيتا ، رادين اديتيا کوسومو ٣، ميمڠ سهله بهاوا کراجاٴن نکري برسوم اين ميمڠ براصل دري بينتڠ مريح ، دان ميمڠ سروڤڽ راج برسوم دان بيتا سام مويڠڽ. مک بوکن ايت سهاج : ڤننتوان ساودارا ميمڠ بنر ، کران واکيل ايت تله مڠصحکن بهاواساڽ راج برسوم تله مڠهانتر واکيل واکيلڽ- ملالوٴي الت دان ڤرکاکسن يڠ کامي تيدق داڤت مڠنلڤستي
—according to our historian, Raden Aditya Kusomo III, it is true that the Kingdom of Barsūm is from the Planet Mars (!!!!), and it would seem that the King of Barsūm and we share the same ancestor. That is not all: thou estimation is correct, for the representative has confirmed that the King of Barsūm has sent his representatives via tools and devices that we could not ascertain—
Fragment 4:
،ساودارا
سودە تيبا ماساڽ ساودارا دان بيتا برتروس- ترڠ – دان تيدق مڽوروق دبلاکڠ تابير . بيتا ميمڠ سودە لاما تاهو بهاوا کراجاٴن ملاک ميمڠ برسياڤ سديا اونتوق ملنچرکن کاڤل اڠکاس , سڤرتيمان کراجاٴن چينا , موکحال دان
—Brother,
It is not time for thou and us to be honest, and no longer hide behind the veil (of deception? diplomacy?). We have long known that the kingdom of Melaka has been preparing the launch of a space-vehicle (!!!!!), as also the Kingdoms of China, Mughal and—
Fragment 5:
دڠن ايت , سباکاي ڤرونتوقکن داماي د انتارا نکارا بيتا دان نکارا ساودارا ، بيتا کيني مموتوسکن اهلي حساب دان بيناٴن بيتا ، دالم هارڤن بهاوا مريک داڤت ممبنتو نvارا ساودارا اونتوق مڽياڤکن کاڤل اڠکاس ساودارا . بيتا جوک اکن
—with that, as an olive branch between our nation and thine, we have sent our engineers and builders, in hopes that they may help thy nation in completing this space-vehicle. We will also—
Fragment 6:
سموک رانچڠن ساودارا داڤت دسلسايکن سباٴيق باءيقڽ- – دە الله ليندوڠيله کراجاٴن ساودارا دان کراجاٴن بيتا
ساودارامو. دالم ڤمرينتهن
مهاراج ۏيکراماۏورضانا ٧
—may thine plan be completed in an as advantageous situation as possible, and may Allah protect the thine kingdom and Ours.
Your Brother in Rulership,
Maharaja Vikramavurdhana VII.
God, what a nightmare, trying to fix all that. I know for a fact that letter-order is all out; I’m going to need to bring the frags out to the linguist, damn it. Why can’t computers deal with other languages properly, I’ll never know.
I’ll try and bring up a translation later this evening, once I’ve fed that drunkard enough booze to get his job done.
I tell you, I don’t get paid enough for this crap.
UPDATE: Well that was a very strange letter. A space program? In the early 20th century? Huh.
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That means HANDS IN POCKETS.
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Does it cover VD?
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Remember Avatar?
Like that, but shorter and curvier.
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...
Nah. They're not tentacles. QUANTUM PHENOMENA. Which is what you deserve to get, after sticking your hands in the box in that stupid dare.
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LIKE GIVING A PERSON TENTACLES.
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You can't even grip people properly anymore. Have you tried?
It's like being molested by a thousand, thousand greasy fingers.
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i cld only type thx to hours of extensive physical therapy
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FINE. They're TENTACLES.
I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.
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I still have to see a doctor and find out.
Now shut up and get over here; I wanna bring up a translation before the day is done.
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Just get here, why don't you.
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....they told me to be collegial....
*goes*
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You need to stay off the hashish, my friend =[ Are you certain that's the correct transcription?
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AND THIS IS WHERE I GIVE UP AND GO TO BED.
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I spent HOURS trying to fix it. It drove me MAD.
It's supposed to be 1345 Hijrah, corresponding to the early 20th century.
And I think the date is 12 Zulkaedah.
And it's Vikramvardhana the SEVENTH. ٥ is 5. ٧ is 7.
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Great minds think alike.
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And thank goodness Dhobi was online or else the names would have driven me CRAZY.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhu_al-Qi%27dah
Everyone spells it funny. I swear.
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