Author: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje Publisher: Theclassics.Us ISBN: 9781230469584 Category : Languages : en Pages : 180
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... intercession. Our saint was at that moment sitting under the razor of a barber, and held, as is customary with Orientals, a small mirror in his hand to direct the operator in his work. Feeling that his aid was invoked, he flung away his mirror. By Allah's help it made its way through air and water till it found its destination beneath the ship and stopped the leak, so that both vessel and cargo came safe to land. The vows, however, that are made to this saint in Acheh, are by no means confined to ships and sailors. His intervention is also invoked on behalf of sick children. The vow in such cases consists in the promise of a gold or silver hand, or "the height of the child in gold" (santeut dbng in the event of recovery. Such hands or pieces of gold thread (woven as thin as possible) are given to Kling traders journeying to Madras, who undertake their transmission to Nagore 1). Other vows are fulfilled at the place of abode of those who make them. Even the payment of what has been promised to the great saints of Acheh as recompense for their intercession does not always involve a visit to their graves. Suppose for instance that the master of a vessel, while in danger at sea, has vowed a goat to Tuen Meurasab for his safe return, he kills the goat in his own gampong, makes a kanduri with it and requests the teungku to recite over it thefatihah (the first chapter of the Quran) for the benefit of the saint. The "anniversary" of the saint is occasionally celebrated in Kuta Raja l) Penang Mohammedans have a superstition that articles of value vowed to this saint if thrown into the sea at Penang will be washed up in a few months time close to the shrine at Nagore. (Translator.) and Trumon by a great kanduri on the 10 day of...
Author: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781016796798 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Author: Richard James Wilkinson Publisher: Wentworth Press ISBN: 9781360072500 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 488
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Author: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje Publisher: Nabu Press ISBN: 9781293536964 Category : Languages : en Pages : 476
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Author: C. Snouck Hurgronje Publisher: ISBN: 9781331992684 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 476
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Excerpt from The Achehnese, Vol. 1 In July, 1891, I proceeded to Acheh in pursuance of instructions from the Netherlands-India Government to make a special study of the religious element in the political conditions of that country. During a residence in Arabia (1884 - 85) I had been in a position - especially at Mecca - to obtain an intimate knowledge of the influence of Mohammedan fanaticism upon the obstinate resistance of the Achehnese to Dutch rule; some time spent in direct relations with Achehnese on their own soil was required to round off the knowledge gained by me from literature and from my experience in the sacred city of the Arabs. In Acheh I soon saw that the available data regarding the language, country and people fell far short of what was wanted, so I extended my enquiry beyonds the limits of my commission. In order to get at the very foundations of a knowledge of the influence of Islam upon the political, social and domestic life of the Achehnese, I took (so far as local conditions allowed me) that life in its entire range as the subject of my research. In February, 1892, I had got together enough preliminary matter for compiling a book; I worked up my materials at Batavia; and so, in 1893 - 94, first appeared the treatise which is now being again offered to the public in the form of an English translation. When Mr. O'Sullivan, early in 1899, informed me of his project of translating the book and requested me to look through his version and give him the benefit of any amendments in the text which might seem to be needed, it was just the very time that the real conquest of Acheh was being commenced; and I - spending a great deal of my time in that country - was in an incomparably better position to investigate that old pirate-state than I had been in 1891 and 1892. Certainly had I begun to write my book in 1899, it would have differed in many respects from its actual form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: David Sunderland Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351573136 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 415
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This collection focuses on the economic development of the areas of SE Asia with which Britain had a trading relationship. Covering 1880-1939, the economic growth of the region is revealed through a selection of rare primary resources organized thematically with sections dedicated to agriculture, mining, trade, labour, finance and infrastructure.
Author: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
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