Kingship and enthronement in Malaya

R. O. Winstedt

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Type :	article
Subject :	General Works History General and Old World
Main Author :	R. O. Winstedt
Title :	Kingship and enthronement in Malaya

Place of Production :	Cambridge University Press
Year of Publication :	2011
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Abstract :

There are two rulers in Malaya who claim descent from a Bichitram (? = Vicitram), reputed kinsman of the Sri Maharajas of Sri Vijaya, the Buddhist empire (fl. a.d. 750–1350) that extended over Sumatra and Northern Malaya and for a while Java. The name Bichitram is whispered into the ear of every Perak Sultan at his enthronement as that of the ancestor of the Perak (and old Malacca) dynasty. And Bichitram, according to the Sejarah Melayu, was brother of the first king of Palembang (= Sri Vijaya) and Singapore, and was himself ancestor of the Minangkabau line, from which the Yang di-pertuan of Negri Sembilan claims descent.

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