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ID: 8698170
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698170
Record Type:
administrative
Melayu (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 01 30 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -1.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 103 00 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 103.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Inscriptions from the 7th century suggest that the Melayu kingdom was located near present-day Jambi (central Sumatra). Melayu was incorporated into the Srivijayan empire around this time, and regained independence around 850 CE.
Names:
Melayu
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Hierarchical Position:
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Asia
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Melayu
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
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Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
kingdom (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Melayu..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Andaya, Origins of Melayu, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (2001)
Subject:
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VP
]
..................
Andaya, Origins of Melayu, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (2001)
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 18 October 2016
Note:
English
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[
VP
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Andaya, Origins of Melayu, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (2001)
..........
Slatyer, Ebbs and Flows of Medieval Empires (2012)
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