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INTRODUCTION.
only to the latter, of which that of Jaivl or hhasa jdiv'i is the
most deserving of notice, being- employed in writings to denote
the vernacular language of the Malays, especially that of books,
as distinguished from all foreign languages. In this sense it is
that the author of the ^^j>,\ i1^< or " Mirrour of the Faithful"
(as quoted by werndlv) informs us that he composed his book
(in the year 1009—]G01) in the bhasajaiul, with the design of
facilitating the knowli