Hamzah Fansuri was a 16C philosopher from Sumatra*, who wrote Sufi-inspired prose and poetry in Malay.
* Correction: having started reading the thesis mentioned below, I have learnt that while Fansuri likely lived in Barus (Sumatra), there is reason to think he was born in what was called “Shahr Nawi” (Ayutthaya), in modern-day Thailand.
This 800 PAGE (!!) PhD thesis by Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas includes a Romanised edition of Hamzah’s three prose works and English translations: https://archive.org/details/themysticismofhamzahfansuri…
A video interview with al-Attas (on Islamic thought in general, not in Hamzah Fansuri) can be found here:
Alexander Douglas 