Translations from the Hakayit Abdulla, with comments by J.T. Thomson |
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... East India Company . is also so well described as to be truly natural 12 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
... East India Company . is also so well described as to be truly natural 12 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
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... East India Company , in which are a great variety of plants , consisting of fruit trees , flowers , and all kinds of vegetables . There was also a well of many hundred fathoms depth , indeed of unknown depth , for if we threw a stone ...
... East India Company , in which are a great variety of plants , consisting of fruit trees , flowers , and all kinds of vegetables . There was also a well of many hundred fathoms depth , indeed of unknown depth , for if we threw a stone ...
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... East Indies , and it is interesting to note the impressions of a native who saw the actual operations . In his ... East India Company ordered the abandonment of Malacca , they desiring to retain Penang only ; and the Supreme Government ...
... East Indies , and it is interesting to note the impressions of a native who saw the actual operations . In his ... East India Company ordered the abandonment of Malacca , they desiring to retain Penang only ; and the Supreme Government ...
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... East India Company . In the centre , sur- rounded by an astragal , there is a galiot of mediæval design , on the left side of which stands a burgher or soldier with a shield on the left arm and sword 24 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
... East India Company . In the centre , sur- rounded by an astragal , there is a galiot of mediæval design , on the left side of which stands a burgher or soldier with a shield on the left arm and sword 24 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
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... East India Company's arrangements gave ample scope for the worse course . The term " God's slaves " I have translated literally , as to do otherwise would not be rendering the Maho- medan's meaning correctly , the word he uses being ...
... East India Company's arrangements gave ample scope for the worse course . The term " God's slaves " I have translated literally , as to do otherwise would not be rendering the Maho- medan's meaning correctly , the word he uses being ...
Common terms and phrases
Abdulla amoked amongst appears arrived asked Bengal called Campong Glam Captain carried Chap Chinese Christian clever cloth Colonel Farquhar Cornhill Crawfurd Crown 8vo custom Demy 8vo dingan durian Dutch East India Company Edition elephants English European father fire Gazette gentlemen give Governor hands heard Hindoo hundred Inchi interest Jakuns Java Javanese Kling labour letter live Lord Minto Mahomed Mahomedan Malacca Malay language ment missionaries morrow native Orang Laut ordered Pahang Pangeran pantun Paternoster Row Penang Pengulu Price prows races Raffles Raja remained replied returned Rhio ryots sailed seen sepoys ship Singapore Sir Stamford Sir Stamford Raffles slavery slaves Spanish dollars story Sultan and Tomungong Susanan Syed Essen Tanjong Kling tell thought told took translation tribe tropical Tuanku Long Tuanku Penglima Besar various vessel vols wife writing
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