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Hikayat Abu Nawas
Hikayat Abu Nawas is a classical Malay humorous tale collection about the clever trickster Abu Nawas, who serves Caliph Harun Al-Rasyid and escapes impossible tasks by wit.
Hikayat Aceh
Hikayat Aceh is a 17th-century Malay court chronicle of the Aceh sultanate on Sumatra, written in Jawi script and eulogizing Sultan Iskandar Muda (r. 1607-1636).
Hikayat Amir Hamzah
Hikayat Amir Hamzah is a classical Malay prose romance recounting the adventures of Amir Hamza, the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, as a warrior who spreads and defends Islam, adapted from an eleventh-century Persian text.
Hikayat Awang Sulong Merah Muda
Hikayat Awang Sulong Merah Muda is a Malay folk epic about an Orang Laut youth who becomes Sultan of Semarang through marriage to a Javanese princess.
Hikayat Banjar
Hikayat Banjar (Tale of Banjar) is a Malay dynastic chronicle, written in Jawi script, covering the 15th to 17th centuries and the Islamization of the Banjarmasin kingdom.
Hikayat Bayan Budiman
Hikayat Bayan Budiman (Tale of the Wise Parrot) is a classical Malay framed narrative in which a parrot tells stories to keep a merchant's wife faithful.
Hikayat Cekel Waneng Pati
Hikayat Cekel Waneng Pati is a Malay-language Panji romance, one of the best-known Panji tales, following Prince Panji (Raden Inu) and his bride Candra Kirana.
Hikayat Faridah Hanom
Hikayat Faridah Hanom is a Malay novel by Syed Sheikh al-Hadi, published in Penang in 1925 and 1926 and often called the first Malay novel.
Hikayat Gul Bakawali
Hikayat Gul Bakawali is a Classical Malay prose romance about Prince Taj al-Muluk's love for the fairy princess Puteri Bakawali, translated into Malay in 1875 from an Urdu retelling.
Hikayat Hang Tuah
The Hikayat Hang Tuah is a classical Malay epic recounting the life of Hang Tuah, legendary admiral of the Malacca Sultanate, composed anonymously in Johor around 1700.
Hikayat Indera Bangsawan
Hikayat Indera Bangsawan is a classical Malay romance in which twin princes compete for the magic bamboo buluh perindu and the throne, mixing Hindu and Islamic elements.
Hikayat Inderaputera
Hikayat Inderaputera is a classical Malay romance, popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in which the prince Indraputra journeys to win a childbirth potion from the hermit Resi Berma Sakti.
Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain
Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain is a Malay Alexander romance retelling Alexander the Great as the Islamic world-conqueror Iskandar Zulkarnain, one of the earliest Malay works, whose hero entered Malay royal genealogies.
Hikayat Langlang Buana
Hikayat Langlang Buana is a classical Malay adventure romance, written in Jawi script, whose best-known manuscript is held at the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta; despite the title, Langlang Buana is not the hero.
Hikayat Malim Deman
Hikayat Malim Deman is a classical Malay hikayat in the penglipur lara folk tradition, one of the best-known Malay swan-maiden romances, attributed to Pawang Ana and Raja Haji Yahya.
Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa
Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, known in English as The Kedah Annals, is a Malay chronicle from Kedah, Malaysia, recounting its rulers from Merong Mahawangsa to the coming of Islam.
Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah
Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah is a Malay tale recounting the exploits of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, son of the caliph Ali, translated from a 14th-century Persian original.
Hikayat Pandawa Jaya
Hikayat Pandawa Jaya, "The Story of the Victorious Pandawas," is a Malay prose retelling of the Mahabharata and the earliest known Malay version of the epic.
Hikayat Panji Semirang
Hikayat Panji Semirang is a classical Malay romance of the Panji cycle in which Candra Kirana lives disguised as a man while searching for her lost lover.
Hikayat Patani
Hikayat Patani is a Malay court chronicle of the sultanate of Patani, in present-day southern Thailand, written down by as many as six authors between 1690 and 1730.
Hikayat Pelanduk Jenaka
Hikayat Pelanduk Jenaka, related to the cycle known as Hikayat Sang Kancil, is a classical Malay hikayat in which a clever mousedeer rules the jungle's animals.
Hikayat Perang Sabil
Hikayat Perang Sabil, also called Hikayat Prang Sabi, is an Acehnese verse text on holy war, recited before battle to strengthen resistance against Dutch colonial rule in the Aceh War.
Hikayat Prang Sabi
Hikayat Prang Sabi, also called Hikayat Prang Kaphe, is an Acehnese heroic epic poem written in Jawi script, best known through the version of Teungku Chiek Pante Kulu.
Hikayat Raja Bersiong
Hikayat Raja Bersiong is a classical Malay story about a Kedah king who developed a taste for human blood, grew fangs, and was driven from his throne by a popular revolt.
Hikayat Raja Donan
Hikayat Raja Donan is a Malay folk romance whose prince, set adrift at sea as an infant, grows into a wandering champion with a magic flute.
Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai
Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai, also known as Hikayat Raja Pasai, is a Malay court chronicle in Jawi script telling of the Samudera-Pasai kingdom in north Sumatra, likely compiled around 1390.
Hikayat Sang Boma
Hikayat Sang Boma, also known as Hikayat Maharaja Boma, is a classical Malay hikayat retelling the story of Krishna and Boma, probably composed in the 15th or 16th century.
Hikayat Seri Rama
Hikayat Seri Rama, the Malay prose version of the Rāmāyaṇa, reworks the Sanskrit epic in a Malay and sometimes Islamic frame, surviving in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century manuscripts.
Hikayat Si Miskin
Hikayat Si Miskin, also known as Hikayat Maharaja Marakarma, is a classical Malay romance whose poor hero rises to kingship through found gold and magic.
Hike Messenger
Hike Messenger, also known as Hike Sticker Chat, was an Indian messaging app launched in December 2012 by Kavin Bharti Mittal, reaching 100 million users before its 2021 shutdown.