Menangkabau

It is fair, however, to presume that Sumatra was the ancient seat of the race, and the wonderful valley of Menangkabau, surrounded by mountains ten thousand feet in height, that of its earliest civilization.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

They have one Malay historical composition, dated 1021 A.H., which treats of the founding of the Malay empire of Menangkabau in Sumatra, and comes down to the founding of the empire of Johore and the conquest of

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

The Malays of Sungei Ujong and several of the adjacent States are supposed to be tolerably directly descended from those of the parent empire Menangkabau in Sumatra, who conquered and have to a great extent displaced the tribes known as Jakuns, Orang Bukit,

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Golden Island, the parent Empire of Menangkabau, that the Malays profess to derive both their criminal and civil law, their tribal system, their rules for the division of land by boundary marks, and the manner of government as adapted for sovereigns and their ministers.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Issuing from the interior of Sumatra, there is reason to conjecture, and even facts to prove, that originally the dialect of Menangkabau resembled the other dialects of its birthplace.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Menangkabau, namely, from the country of Saguntang.

British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884

This theory fits in well with the native account of the distribution of the Malay race, which makes Menangkabau, in Southern Sumatra, the centre whence they spread over the Malayan islands and peninsula.

British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884

Has its source in a lake of the Menangkabau country.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

Malays: name of, applied to people of Menangkabau.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

Achin, Barus, Pidir, Pase, Daya, and Batta, prince of the land of the two seas, and of the mines of Menangkabau.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795