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Texts, Raja Ismail and Violence: Siak and the Transformation of Malay Identity in the Eighteenth Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 November 2001
Abstract
In the eighteenth century the descendants of a variety of groups, including Minangkabaus, formed a new Malay state known as Siak. Through an examination of a traditional text, Hikayat Siak, a better understanding of how Malay identity expanded beyond the polity of Johor–Melaka, and was understood, is provided. A key factor in this transformation is how a prince, Raja Ismail, developed a Malay identity through raiding and violence.
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