Rigel Kent

Cukuplah sudah Allah memberi Senang sentosa di dalam negeri Bersukacita sepanjang hari Selagi ada hidup Permaisuri 2.18 Permaisuri yang tua besar daulatnya Sangat mustajab apa katanya Cinta Baginda sangatlah padanya Dari muda sampai hari tuanya 2.19 Baginda sangat segan dan malu Sekarang ini dan tempoh dahulu Apa katanya tiada dilalu Mesyuarat padanya apa yang perlu 2.20 . . . and then, in other carriages, we drove to the Sultan's pretty villa, Tyersall, some two miles out Singapore, where we had (Liberian) coffee and cream, a luxury in the tropics, and examined His Highness's collection of In 1883, the Sultan visited Hong Kong, Japan, and China. Chinese and Japanese curios , imported by himself. The Sultana lives at Tyersall. She is no longer young; but the Sultan esteems her highly, and co...

Situated at the tip of Sumatra, Samudra-Pasai was once a very important seaport in the Malay World. What sets the state apart is its historical distinction as the first Islamic kingdom in the far east, with its establishment likely dating back to the 13th century. 洪耀於林間之事。一日，洪耀出獵，隨帶犬名巴賽。犬至高地，吠聲不絕。洪耀隨聲而至，驚見一蟻，大如貓。洪耀捕而食之。隨命開墾其地，令隨行者共勞作。後築宮於其地，洪耀與將士及百姓共居其間。遂命名此地為色木德剌亞，意指巨蟻，王居其內。 The etymological origin of the name of the port town can be found in Hikayat Raja Pasai, the oldest Malay historical fiction. The unnamed author of the Hikayat would like us to believe that the names of Samudra and Pasai were both inspired by animals. And the two creatures first encountered each other in a rainforest. Pasai the dog and Semut Raya the giant ant in the Forest of Jrn. Pasai was seen examining Semut Raya, this was a moment earlier before he started to bark at the ant. The noise would eventu...

To fully appreciate the events leading to the cancellation of Malaka the Fruit , we must first roll our clock back to medieval Melaka. Enter the first paragraph of Eredia's Description of Malacca (1613): Malaca significa Mirabolanos , fructa de hua arvore plantada ao longo de hum ribeiro chamdo Aerlele , que dece das fontes do outeyro de Buquet China pera o mar , daquella costa de terra firma de Viontana . . . This long-forgotten literary gem was written by a Bugis-Portuguese muggle when he was 50-year-old. It is jammed with data so valuable it is practically the vip area of Melaka's history. First things first Before we attempt to e.g. ChatGPT: “Malaca means Mirabelle plums, fruit from a tree planted along a stream called Aerlele, which descends from the sources of the Buquet China hill to the sea, along that coast of mainland Viontana . . ." crack open Eredia's time...