Malay Kingship in Kedah. Religion, Trade, and Society PDF
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Malay Kingship in Ked ah Asia World Series Editor: Mark Selden This series charts the frontiers of Asia in global perspective. Central to its concerns are Asian interactions-political, economic, social, cultural, and historical-that are transna- tional and global, that cross and redefine borders and networks, including those of nation, region, ethnicity, gender, technology, and demography. It looks to multiple methodologies to chart the dynamics of a region that has been the home to major civilizations and is central to global processes of war, peace, and development in the new millennium. Titles In the Series China 's Unequal Ylreaties: Narrating National History, by Dong Wang The Culture ofFengshui in Korea: An Exploration of East Asian Geomancy, by Hong- Key Yoon of Precious Steppe: Mongolian Nomadic Pas toralists in Pursuit the Market, by Ole Bruun Managing God 's Higher Learning: US.-China Cultural Encounter and Canton Christian College (Ling ran University), 1888-1952, by Dong Wang Queer Voices frorn Japan: First Person Narrativesf rom Japan 's Sexual Minorities, edited by Mark McLe1land, Katsuhiko Suganuma, and James Welker YOko Tawada: Voices from Everywhere, edited by Douglas Slaymaker Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-revolutionary Vietnam, edited by Philip Taylor Water: The Looming Crisis in India, by Binayak Ray Windows on the Chinese World: Reflections by Five Historians, by Clara Wingchung Ho Tommy 's Sunset, by Hisako Tsurushima Lake of Heaven.' An Original Translation of the Japanese Novel by Ishimu re Michiko, by Bruce Allen Imperial Subjects as Global Citizens: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Education in Japan, by Mark Lincicome Japan in the World: Shidehara Kyiiro, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War, Volumes I ana' IL by Klaus Schlichtmann Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art ana' Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb, edited by Robert Jacobs Radicalism, Revolution ana' Reform in Modern China: Essays in Honor ofll[auriee Meis- ner, edited by Catherine Lynch, Robert B. Marks, and Paul G. Pickowicz The "Other " Karen in Myanmar: Ethnic Minorities and the Struggle without Arms, by Ardeth Thawnghmung A Localized Culture of Welfare: Entitlements, Stratification, and Identity in a Chinese Lineage Village, by Kwok-shing Chan Malay Kings/up in Ked ah: Religion, Trade, and Society, by Maziar Mozaffari Falarti Malay Kingship in Ked ah Religion, Trade, and Society Maziar Mozaffari Falarti . . LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham (cid:127) Boulder (cid:127) New York Toronto Plymouth, UK Published by Lexington Books A wholly owned subsidiary of The Row ran & Littleiicld Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com 10 Thornbury Road, Plymouth PL67PP, United Kingdom Copyright ©2013 by Lexington Books All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Falarti, Maziar Mozaffari, 1975- Malay kingship in Ked ah : religion, trade, and society / Maziar Mosaffari Falarti. pages cm.-(Asia world) Includes bibliographical reterenccs and index. ISBN 978-0-7391- 6842-4 (cloth : alkaline paper)-ISBN (invalid)978-0-7391-68434 (electronic) 1. Kedah-Kings and rulers-History. 2. Sultans-Malaysia-Kedah-History. 3. Geopolitics- Malaysia-Kedah-History. 4. Power (Social sciences)-Malaysia-Kedah History. 5. Kedah- Kings and rulers-Religious aspects-History. 6. Kedah~Cornmerce. 7. Kedah-Social lite and customs. I. Title. DS598.K28F35 2012 959.5'I-dc23 2012036257 al The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1 992. Printed in the United States oflAmerica To my parents, family, teachers and everyone else that has believed in me and the extraordinary story of Ked ah l J\¢'L~= ¢JJ*ci fl5 ¢5\ (23 '" "":"flU?' Tb; r! ->&1 <5\ (O' thy name the best to begin with, then How one would begin his book without Thy remembrance, the companion of my soul brought on my tongue but thy name) The opening to the book Layli va Maj run by Ilyas Nizami Ganjavi (1 141-1209 CE) I HAD TO SEEK THE PHYSICIAN I had to seek the Physician Because of the pain this world caused me. I could not believe what happened when I got there-I found my Teacher. Before I left, he said, "Up for a little homework, yet'?" "Okay," I replied. "Well then, try thanking all the people who have caused you pain. They helped you come to me." Poem of Kabir (1440-15 18 CE), in Love Poems from God? Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, translated by Daniel Ladinsky (20022 229)
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