A Malay frontier unity and duality in a Sumatran kingdom

The way in which Malays construe ideas about authority and government is the subject of this book. Focusing upon an often-ignored section of the Malay archipelago, Barus, a small kingdom on the coast of northwest Sumatra, the author compares readings based upon the royal chronicles of Hilir and Hulu...

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Main Author: Drakard, Jane (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University 1990
Series:Studies on Southeast Asia
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