Arab–Malay Manuscripts at the North Sumatra State Museum as Evidence of Arab–Malay Cultural Interaction from the Perspectives of Philology and Cultural Historiography

This study examines the presence of Malay manuscripts preserved at the North Sumatra State Museum as historical evidence of cultural interaction between Arabs and Malays. Written predominantly in Jawi script, these manuscripts contain religious, legal, literary, and social texts that demonstrate the influence of Arab-Islamic intellectual traditions in the Malay world. Employing a qualitative descriptive method, this research investigates the provenance of the collections, museum acquisition mech