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Muhammad and his forces marched northwards to Tabuk, near the Gulf of Aqaba in October 630 [2] [4] (Rajab AH 9). It was his largest and last military expedition. [2] Ali ibn Abi Talib, who participated in several other expeditions of Muhammad, did not participate in Muhammad's Tabuk expedition upon Muhammad's instructions, as he held command at Medina. [5]
An early kingdom in the Patani area was the Hindu-Buddhist Langkasuka, founded in the region as early as the 2nd century. [1] It appeared in many accounts by Chinese travellers, among them was the Buddhist pilgrim Yijing.
The Malay Annals is historical literature written in the form of narrative-prose with its main theme being lauding the greatness and superiority of Malacca. [32] The narration, while seemingly relating the story of the reign of the sultans of Malacca until the destruction of the sultanate by the Portuguese in 1511 and beyond, deals with a core issue of Malay statehood and historiography, the ...
The National Library of Malaysia (Malay: Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia) (PNM) is a library established under the National Library Act 1972 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.. The National Library is responsible for providing a collection of knowledge at national level for the present and future generations.
The Jakarta History Museum (Indonesian: Museum Sejarah Jakarta), also known as Fatahillah Museum or Batavia Museum, is located in the Old Town (known as Kota Tua) of Jakarta, Indonesia. The building was built in 1710 as the Stadhuis ( city hall ) of Batavia .
Fragments of this book have survived in the Tang Lü (Tang Code), while the Song dynasty architectural manual of the Yingzao Fashi by Li Jie (1065–1101) in 1103 is the oldest existing technical treatise on Chinese architecture that has survived in full. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong (712–756), there were 34,850 registered craftsmen ...
The Reminiscences of Tsiang T'ing-fu (Chinese: 蔣廷黻回憶錄; pinyin: Jiǎngtíngfú huíyìlù) is an English memoir written by Tsiang Tingfu. [2] It contains chapters on Tsiang's family background, studying in the United States, teaching in Nankai University and Tsinghua University, visiting Moscow, and others. [3]
[1] [2] He was the Paramount Chief of the Iban people for more than 55 years. [3] They affectionately called him "Apai" meaning "father" in the Iban language. Tun Jugah played a fundamental role in bringing the state of Sarawak into the formation of the Federation of Malaysia which materialized on 16 September 1963. He was the key signatory ...