A Kingdom without Soldiers: Communication throughout the Alam Minangkabau
PROF. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican A grandson of a well known Minangkabau figure in Kuala Lumpur history originating from Batusangkar, once shared a statement...
Kedah on My Mind: Erecting the Memory of the 1821 Siamese Invasion
PROF. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican SIAMESE forces invaded Kedah in 1821 – to be exact on 12 November. That turned out to be the...
In the shadow of Magellan
PROF. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican THERE is a growing interest in Enrique de Malacca (the name from Portuguese sources) generally described as a Southeast Asian...
The many shades of the Ferringhi
PROF. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican THE Ferringhi, Farang, and Franks have their origins at a particular moment in history, geography, and identity formation. It...
Ibrahim Yaacob writing against imperialism
PROF. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican IBRAHIM Yaacob’s 1941 Melihat Tanah Air is a futurist document of the nation. To him, the Malay Archipelago’s location then...
Revisiting Melaka as Global History
PROF. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican THE emergence of recent voices calling for decolonizing names and narratives in Malaysia cannot deny the history of colonialism...
The Tanah Air has always been cosmopolitan
THE Malays have two sets of narratives in encounters with the West - one is actual, the other mythical/ metaphysical. Melaka was one of the...