Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain is an ancient Malay script which describes a character from Al-Quran (Iskandar Zulkarnain) and his exploits and achievements. The text itself predates "Sejarah Melayu" (before 1600), however, the oldest manuscript is dated 1713. It is too poor a state of repair to be usable. Another manuscript was copied by Muhammad Cing Sa`idullah at about 1830.[1]
An original manuscript is located at Cod.Or.1696, Leiden University Library. A copy is located at Microfilm: NL 10975]. [1981]. [Berlin]: Orientabteilung, Preussisohe Kulturbesitz, Staatsbibliothek.[2] Other copies available at Collected by Indonesian and Malay Section, Department of Asian Languages and Studies, Monash University as follow [3]