Malay Sultanate of Malacca

The Malay Sultanate of Malacca : for the first time in English a book whic makes a critical evaluation of various aspects of the historiography of Malacca in the period of the Malay Sultanate of Malacca. This book approaches various aspects of the history of Malacca during that period in a manner which is convincing and detached, as seen through the eyes of a professional historian. Full use has beenmade of a wide range of sources, oral and writeen, and from East and West, which have been analysed and interpreted in depth. In this book, it is argued that the historiography of Malacca during the period 1400-1511 is not merely confined to one locality and is not only part of the nation's history but also represents part of the cultural history of the region as a whole, embracing a large protion of the Malay world centred on the Straits of Malacca. The historiography of Malacca is in fact a continuation of the historiography of the Malays prior to 1400, Malacca itself serving as a bridge linking that earlier period with the period that follows after 1511. And this leads on directly to the historiography of Malaysia today as well as to that of Malay society as found on Sumatra's East Coast and in the Riau-Lingga Archipelago of modern Indonesioa, in terms of history, language, custom and social usage, kinship. senses of ethnicity. literature and culture. 
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Paperback. Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka. 333pp.