The frontispiece of a Jawi edition of the Malay Annals
The Malay Annals (Malay: Sejarah Melayu, Jawi: سجاره ملايو), originally titled Sulalatus Salatin (Genealogy of Kings),[1] is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and demise of the great Malay maritime empire, the Malacca Sultanate.[2] The work, which was composed sometime between the 15th and 16th centuries, is considered one of the finest literary and historical works in the Malay language.[3]
The original text has undergone numerous changes, with the oldest surviving version from 1612, through the rewriting effort commissioned by the then regent of Johor, Raja Abdullah.[4][5] It was originally written in the Classical Malay on traditional paper in old Jawi script, but today exists in 32 different manuscripts, including those in Rumi script.[6] Notwithstanding some of its mystical contents, historians have looked at the text as a primary source of information on past events verifiable by other historical sources, in the Malay world.[7] In 2001, the Malay Annals was listed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme International Register.[8]
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person named in the MalayAnnals as Iskandar Shah, was the last king of Singapura and the founder of Malacca. According to the MalayAnnals, he ruled Singapura...
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ancestor of several Malay monarchs in the Malay World. The historicity of this kingdom based on the account given in the MalayAnnals is uncertain, and...
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coast of Sumatra, Singapore, the Malay Peninsula, and the coast of Kalimantan. The epic literature, the MalayAnnals, associates the etymological origin...
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appears as a legendary figure in a chapter of the Sejarah Melayu (or the MalayAnnals). Hang Nadim was the son of Malaccan warrior and insurrectionist, Hang...
Manjakini (Malay: Pedang Cura Si Manjakini, alternatively Mandakini or Mandangkini; Jawi: ڤدڠ چورا سي منجاکيني) is a sword mentioned in the MalayAnnals as originally...
to marry Malaccan Sultan Mansur Shah (r. 1456–1477), according to the MalayAnnals. However, there is debate on whether Hang Li Po was a real person, as...
Tumasik as a vassal of the Majapahit. The name is also mentioned in the MalayAnnals thought to have been written in 1535. Temasek may have diplomatic relationship...
(literally City of the Ganges) was a semi-legendary Malay-Hindu kingdom mentioned in the MalayAnnals. Researchers believe that the kingdom was centred...
Singapura. He was known as Damia Raja before his accession. According to MalayAnnals, the reign of Sri Maharaja was marked with the event of swordfish ravaging...
be unsustainable and only bring misery to the couple. In Malay Peninsula, the MalayAnnals mentioned the legend of the fall of Singapura to Majapahit...
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referring to Dharmasraya. The word "Melayu" is also mentioned in the Malayannals referring to a river in Sumatra: "...Here now is the story of a city...
the Java-based Majapahit Empire for control over the Malay Peninsula. According to the MalayAnnals, Singapore was defeated in one Majapahit attack. The...
some differences in opinions about the early rulers of the kingdom. The MalayAnnals indicates that the founder of Malacca was Iskandar Shah, while Portuguese...
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