Sumer, earliest civilisation

 

BIDUANDA TRIBE OF NEGRI SEMBILAN, EARLY 1900'S

 

Mantra of Biduanda, Kanaboi Valley, Negri Sembilan

 

Mantra of Biduanda, Kanaboi Valley, Negri Sembilan

Mantra of Biduanda, Kanaboi Valley, Negri Sembilan

Mantra of Biduanda, Kanaboi Valley, Negri Sembilan

Mantra of Biduanda, Kanaboi Valley, Negri Sembilan

Mantra of Biduanda, Kanaboi Valley, Negri Sembilan, 1913

Mantra of Biduanda, Kanaboi Valley, Negri Sembilan

(Pictures: Journ. F.M.S. Mus.  Vol. V)

IBN SAUD'S BLODIED HANDS

Makkah in the land of Ibn Sauds had seen many bloodsheds during recent times, 1979 and 1987. Were they alone in the savagery especially of 1987 when Iran was just set free from the shackles of US hegemony? The Shah had been toppled by Khomeini. More so when Iran kept about 40(?) US hostages taken from the embassy for more than a year.

500 pilgrims dead and more than 4,700 injured in the massacre of July 1, 1987 (6 Zulhijjah 1407). Most of the victims were Iranians because they took part during the agreed upon peaceful march of celeberation.

FIRST MAP OF MALAY PENINSULA

Ptolemy described the land of the Golden Chersonese (Avrea Chersonesvs), around 150 A.D.

The First Map of the Malay Peninsula drawn from information contained in Ptolemy's "Geographike Syntaxis" written in Alexandria about A.D. 150

SAMARINDA DYAKS - YESTERYEAR

Samarinda, at the mouth of Mahakam River, East Kalimantan. According to a  long ago Dyak chief, the best part of the human flesh was at the knuckles.

A Dyak and his sisters. The younger sister is resting in the customary "squat" attitude.

H.N. RIDLEY - RUBBER'S FOSTER-FATHER

H.N. Ridley, rubber's foster-father (left), with an assistant standing next to a rubber tree in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, c. 1905 (From Gardens Bulletin Straits Settlements, Vol. 1).

HANDBOOK OF MALAY SCRIPT, M.B. LEWIS(1958)

Malay script is an adaptation of Arabic script to the Malay tongue. It is the key to Malay newspapers, magazines and manuscripts. The best way to learn to read it is to learn to write it.

In this handbook the author explains and illustrates step by step from pot-books to manuscripts how the Malay script is formed and written, and by means of carefully chosen examples, presented in ordered sequences, the system of spelling is shown to be less capricious than the unaided learner is apt to think.

The rules of writing and spelling are clearly set out, and a most useful reference-list of common Arabic words are provided. A list of thirty-six graded passages offers abundant reading practice, ranging from "copperplate", through print, to handwriting of various styles. Each passage is followed by copious notes which unravel the difficulties, and transliterations and a vocabulary are given at the end.

Whether a study of the Malay script is pursued for examination purposes or merely for pleasure, this book, which is both textbook and reference book, will be found a most valuable addition to the student's bookshelf.

      

"An excellent little book, giving wonderful value … It illustrates step by step how the script is written, and shows how a lovely script it is … gives rules for spelling." - Overseas Education.

"A very full and instructive manual which is certain to take its place as the most authoritative work on the subject at the present time. The book is based on the author's work when instructing the students of Malay at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and obviously the result of careful study and compilation. I am of the opinion that it is ideal whether as a manual for beginners or as a work of reference." - Malaya.

M.B. LEWIS, B.A.

Translation and Composition Exercises for Malay Students. Part 1

R.J. WILKINSON, C.M.G.

An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary (romanized)

Revised and enlarged by A.E. COOPE

O.T. DUSSEK, AHMAD  MURAD bin NASRUDDIN

and A.E. COOPE

A Graduated Malay Reader

MOHAMED ALI bin MOHAMED and

A.E. COOPE

Malay Dialogues with Colloquial Grammar

MOHAMED HASHIM bin MAT PIAH

Che' Umar Anak-Beranak

With explanatory notes by M.B. Lewis, B.A.

TEH FATIMAH binti ABDUL WAHAB

Megat Terawis Suatu Cerita Dahulu Kala

O.T. DUSSEK

Practical Modern Malay

An introduction to the colloquial language