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The “Kim Eng Seng”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Nicholas Tarling
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An interesting episode in the development of British relations with Malaya, and in particular with Trengganu, is that of the jumk “Kim Eng Seng”.

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Journal of Southeast Asian History , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1963 , pp. 112 - 125
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1963

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