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The Malay World, Expanded: The world's first Malay newspaper, Colombo, 1869

Date

Authors

Ricci, Ronit

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Sri Lanka is a land of Asian crossings and contacts, epitomised in the history of the country's Malay community. Within that history the year 1869 was especially momentous. This was when the Suez Canal opened, significantly easing the hajj pilgrimage rout

Keywords

Keywords: diaspora; information; Islamism; language; mobility; religion; social history; Colombo [Western Province]; Sri Lanka; Western Province [Sri Lanka] Colombo; diaspora; newspaper; Sri Lanka; travel

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72908

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Indonesia and the Malay World

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1080/13639811.2013.794527

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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