Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari
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Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari is an 1884 Malay-language syair by Lie Kim Hok. Adapted indirectly from the Sjair Abdoel Moeloek, it tells of a woman who passes as a man to free her husband from the Sultan o
Third printing, 1922
Lie Kim Hok, author of Siti Akbari
A promotional still from the film Siti Akbari (1940)
Lie borrowed heavily from Sjair Abdoel Moeloek.
Siti Akbari
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Siti Akbari is a 1940 film from the Dutch East Indies directed by Joshua and Othniel Wong and produced by Tan Khoen Yauw. Starring Roekiah and Rd Mochtar, it follows a couple while the husband commits
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Roekiah and Rd Mochtar in Siti Akbari