A 14th Century Malay Code of Laws
aThat is why the impressive results of the fieldwork and subsequent analytical research by the German scholar, Dr. Uli Kozok, are remarkable. By devoting considerable time and funds to his project in the interior of Sumatra, Kozok has produced results that will change the writing of the history of Malay. [...] By conducting fieldwork (Kozok saw the text in Kerinci in August 2002), by following up leads from the colonial literature (Voorhoeveas compilation), by analyzing the text without depending on accepted knowledge and by taking the step of using the latest technology to obtain an empirical perspective about the material, Kozok has succeeded in laying a major part of a foundation for the rewriting of the history of Malay in Indonesia!a- James T. Collins (2004, pp. 18-19)The contents of the code of laws show that it was designed for use in terms of the riverine activities of an area like the ... The names of important officials like the rakryan mantAr hino as Dyaacy ArAl RangganAtha and the mantAr halu as Dyaacy ArAlanbsp;...
| Title | : | A 14th Century Malay Code of Laws |
| Author | : | Uli Kozok |
| Publisher | : | Institute of Southeast Asian Studies - 2015-01-02 |
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