Translations from the Hakayit Abdulla, with comments by J.T. Thomson |
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... ment of a debt due to a Chinese merchant to the amount of 300 Spanish dollars . Now just at that time my father was very busily engaged at the resi- dence of Mr. Adrian Kock , so that the skipper waited on till evening . So when I came ...
... ment of a debt due to a Chinese merchant to the amount of 300 Spanish dollars . Now just at that time my father was very busily engaged at the resi- dence of Mr. Adrian Kock , so that the skipper waited on till evening . So when I came ...
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... engaged upon such employ- ment . The name of the first was Mama Hoj Mahomed , a Malacca born Kling , who was employed by the Com- pany . * After him was Mama Jamal Mahomed bin HIS MOTHER'S PRIDE AND FATHER'S SATISFACTION . 11.
... engaged upon such employ- ment . The name of the first was Mama Hoj Mahomed , a Malacca born Kling , who was employed by the Com- pany . * After him was Mama Jamal Mahomed bin HIS MOTHER'S PRIDE AND FATHER'S SATISFACTION . 11.
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... ment of rock struck his forehead , cutting the same . I then went inside , and coming to the boy Basir , I could see his legs only , and over his body were stones in heaps , of all sizes , from a quarter to one fathom . Nine or ten of ...
... ment of rock struck his forehead , cutting the same . I then went inside , and coming to the boy Basir , I could see his legs only , and over his body were stones in heaps , of all sizes , from a quarter to one fathom . Nine or ten of ...
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... ment as soldiers and sailors , etc. , and of course would not do a deed most insulting to their faith . The tra- dition , however , is notable in giving an indication of one of those slumbering rumours that pass through the native mind ...
... ment as soldiers and sailors , etc. , and of course would not do a deed most insulting to their faith . The tra- dition , however , is notable in giving an indication of one of those slumbering rumours that pass through the native mind ...
Page 150
... ment , we see the laws of political economy asserting their power - it is true , in a rude and coarse manner , according to the usages and propensities of the natives of the tropics , where modern European influences have not been felt ...
... ment , we see the laws of political economy asserting their power - it is true , in a rude and coarse manner , according to the usages and propensities of the natives of the tropics , where modern European influences have not been felt ...
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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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