Rigel Kent

The following paragraphs are reproduced from Chapter 5.2 in a book written by Chen Xiaoshan, published by Shandong Education Publisher in 2020. 陳曉珊 (2020) 長風破浪：鄭和下西洋航海技術研究、山東教育出版社. It contains important fragments detailing the installation of Mansur Shah and Mahmud Shah, the last two kings of Melaka. We have the following The dates given here are Julian dates instead of proleptic Gregorian. timeline when the records related to Melaka investitures and data from other sources are mashed together: 13 September 1459, Chen Jiayou and Peng Sheng were tasked to install Mansur Shah when the death of Muzaffar Shah was reported to the Ming court. 27 April 1461 , we have an entry in Ming Shilu which documented that Chen was saved after his ship was sunk by bad weather. We know from another MSL entry dated 28 October 1467 that Chen eventually used a new ship to complete the installation of Mansur Shah (probably in 1462 or later). Around the end of 14...

In 1961, Shanghai Book Company Limited 上海書局出版社 in Singapore published a small booklet titled Pĕlajaran Ejaan Jawi. The book was authored by Lai Qunjin 賴羣進 and it was one of the 陳蒙鶴|賴羣進|吳高德|曾松華《華馬大辭典》、林煥文《簡明馬華辭典》、林煥文《馬來語課程》、楊貴誼的《名人演講錄》、傅超賢的《新聞選譯》 many Malay culture books written in the Chinese language in the period between 1950 to 1960s. The book was largely forgotten and left alone in most libraries, collecting dust. Recently the book resurfaced in a rather unusual way. The book was featured in the Chinese shaman scene in The Story of Southern Isle 南巫, a film directed by Chong Keat Aun won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Director in 2020 with this film. Chong Keat Aun . The book has 18 short lessons, 9 appendices, and 3 actual Singapore public service examination papers (1955 [Grade 2], 1957 [Grade 2], 1961 [Grade 3]). The shaman scene in The Story of Southern Islet, the shaman was played by the director himself. The PAP government in Singap...

The syair titled “ The syair was romanized by Muhammad Haji Salleh in 1994. See M. H. Salleh (1994) Syair Tantangan Singapura Abad Kesembilan Belas, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur. Syair Tĕnku Pĕrabu di nĕgĕri Singapura " can be found in Mal.-pol. 91 and Mal.-pol. 96, they are a part of the 287 Malay manuscripts stored in Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris. The syair has 162 quatrains and a concluding envoi that contains 9 quatrains (the envoi was specifically dated Note that Sultan Husain died on Wednesday, 2 September 1835 (i.e. 10 Jumada-I 1251, approximately 9 months after this syair was composed) and was buried in Tengkera, Melaka. Tengku Prabu was buried next to her husband in Tengkera in 1842. 3 January 1835 = 3 Ramadhan 1250, while the earlier stanzas are signed with Ramadhan 1250). Based on the clues given in Hikayat Abdullah, the identity of the secret lover of the Queen in the syair is probably a certain Abdul Kadir bin Ahma...