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A Malay Herodotus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

C. C. Brown
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“He was not of course a critical historian: in his materials fact was mixed with myth and folklore in varying proportions and he was not competent to sift them…. His forte is vivid and picturesque description, the lively presentation of scenes and actions, characters and states of society.” These words were written of Herodotus. That they might well have been written of, the author of the Sějarah Mělayu or Malay Annals, whoever he may have been, is the theme of this article.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 12 , Issue 3-4 , October 1948 , pp. 730 - 736
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1948

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References

page 730 note 1 “ Malay Annals or Sějarah Mělayu ”, JRASMB., XVI, iii, 1938.Google Scholar

page 730 note 2 “History of Malaya ”, JSASMB., XIII, i, 1935.Google Scholar

page 730 note 3 The quotations which follow are in each case from the Raffles′ Text.

page 730 note 4 Sultan of Palembang.

page 731 note 1 Prime Ministers.

page 736 note 1 A convolvulus, eaten as a sort of spinach