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Perang Tamadun Melayu
Perang Tamadun Melayu akan membawa anda menelusuri sejarah raja-raja Melayu bermain politik, sehingga membawa kepada siri peperangan yang mengasyikkan antara kerajaan yang pernah bertapak di alam Melayu. Kronikel yang sebelum ini tidak didendangkan sehebat kisah raja-raja Eropah, maharaja-maharaja China dan juga para shogun Jepun bakal didedahkan sinarnya kepada masyarakat.
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First published February 1, 2020
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May 1, 2022
Hamzah Fansuri
This is one of the earlier works of al-Attas that showcases the brilliance of his even in his early years. He might be the first scholar that unpacks the mystical figure of Hamzah Fansuri to its full splendor, elucidating the true meaning of his teachings and to strip away the misunderstandings.
Hamzah Fansuri could be the first Malay mystic that expounds the doctrine of Unity of Existence in the Malay Archipelago systematically. He was also the first one to be misunderstood and his name and works ended up in the bonfires.
The doctrine of Unity of Existence, in its most potent form, could be found in the works of al-Arabi. One could only peek at the first few pages of his work only to retreat in confusion. One could only stand bewildered and wonder, to decide whether his words are poetic in nature, or factual. Should we take his belief that God is both transcendent and immanent in the World, or that God is limited by His creations in some way, as a fact or a lyrical allusion? One could say that one is poetic when he described his lover in a hyperbole. Could we say the same when the descriptions fall short from the lover’s actual beauty, or actually mocking her? At what point the lovely nibbles turned into a painful bite, to what extent intention should excuse action? To what point, the robustness of the law should make a leeway to aesthetic seesaw?
If indeed the experience of the elect ones is the primal truth behind every fiber of existence, why cloth it behind poems and perplexing utterings?
The robustness of the idea of Unity of Existence is an ontological truth, not merely a mystical vision. As I mentioned it many times elsewhere, it is the model that can enjoin two indubitable facts together: that of the Absoluteness of God and the Existence of the World. Hamzah Fansuri, owing his origin to the temperate people of the Malayan Archipelago, has etched his name in the firmaments for his success in introducing the idea to the people in a lucid and logical way. His poetic stanzas served as an embellishment or perhaps a memory or reinforcing aid to help drum his ideas in the heart, never as a tool to cause perplexity.
It is actually quite amazing how the Indian scholar al-Raniri managed to pull a wool to people’s eyes, saying that the teaching of Hamzah Fansuri is a heretical one, while managing to write tomes of books that mirrors exactly that of Hamzah’s ideas.
In this edition, Hamzah presented to the world 3 translated and annotated works of Hamzah’s, Asrar-al-Arifin, Sharab-al-Ashiqin and al-Muntahi; the one and only in the world. One could compare the lucidity of the prose in the Asrar to the basic texts of the pondok like that of the al-Durr al-Manzum, and the Sharab and Muntahi to the more advanced writings of al-Ghazzali in the Misykat. It is incredibly saddening how Hamzah have been sidelined for a simple magic trick of defaming his ideas, through confounding and conflating his specific terms and words to the high heavens.
Perang Tamadun Melayu
The author offers an apology for his inability to compile the entire martial history of the Malays in his “small book”. But his apology is not needed because he does a good job in this book, and I’ll explain about it in a bit. Cursorily, I would like to make a remark that in a new publishing house such as THE PATRIOTS, the temptation is very strong for amateur writers to submit their work and to bask in their ephemeral limelight. But THE PATRIOTS, so far their publications that I have read, have provided good works. The author of this book went the other way most amateur writers would stay into: producing work from Wikipedia sources or some obscure conspiracy theorists web. So this is a well done book.
I would say despite the brevity of the book, the author has chosen apt nation-states to be covered. With the title, the author covered the martial history of the Malaccan and Johorean empire, and also brief chapters on Perak. The selection is exactly apt because the epithet Malay, in its most precise term, refers to the group of homogenous people whose ancestral origin lies along the Sungai Melayu in Eastern Sumatra. Historiographically, the Malays are the group who acknowledged the rule of Sang Sapurba and his descendents, as stated in the Malay Annals. This includes the people of Palembang, Siak, Jambi, the Riau Islands and later by extension, the people under Malaccan suzerainty.
The Malay people emerged under the empire of Sriwijaya and later succeeded by the Malaccan Sultanate. The Pahang Sultanate emerged by fraternity, when the Prince Muhammad was exiled from Malacca and became the ruler of Pahang instead. After the fall of Malacca, the direct successor would be the Johor Empire. And by requests from the local people, the Johor princes established the royal houses of Perak, and Perak later provided Acheh with one prince, albeit transiently. Thus, what defines as a Malay are a subethnic of the Austronesian people, whose ancestral origin lies in the Sungai Melayu in Sumatra, and includes its offshoots under Malaccan suzerainty. Thus the author’s decision to just include these successor states in this book is as precise as it can be.
The author derives his source from the Malay Annals and the Suma Oriental by Tome Pires, also views from Kunala , which I never heard before but frequently provides a tangential twist in this book.
The history of the Archipelago, is far away from the Orientalists’ depiction of the Far East as an idyllic utopia inhabited by innocent savages. The political struggles between rival states equals any political drama by high nations of Europe and Middle East. The Triangle War (between Acheh-Johor-Portugal), in fact, are such complex that personally it echoes the political complexity as in the Crusades; the transient political alliances and betrayals throughout the campaign.
As a conclusion, I would like to remark that the author’s decision to not include the history of the Reman Sultanate is also apt. This is because the Reman Sultanate has always been under Siam’s sway that much of its ephemeral existence is dedicated to be as one of Siam’s proxy. Kedah (includes Penang and Perlis), Terengganu and Kelantan are marches of the Malay people, and thus were subjected to shifting tides between Malacca, Siam and local rule. While Kedah’s history is especially rich and ancient, much of its attention is spent in deterring Siam rule and thus lies in the fringes of the main theater further south in the Straits.
This is one of the earlier works of al-Attas that showcases the brilliance of his even in his early years. He might be the first scholar that unpacks the mystical figure of Hamzah Fansuri to its full splendor, elucidating the true meaning of his teachings and to strip away the misunderstandings.
Hamzah Fansuri could be the first Malay mystic that expounds the doctrine of Unity of Existence in the Malay Archipelago systematically. He was also the first one to be misunderstood and his name and works ended up in the bonfires.
The doctrine of Unity of Existence, in its most potent form, could be found in the works of al-Arabi. One could only peek at the first few pages of his work only to retreat in confusion. One could only stand bewildered and wonder, to decide whether his words are poetic in nature, or factual. Should we take his belief that God is both transcendent and immanent in the World, or that God is limited by His creations in some way, as a fact or a lyrical allusion? One could say that one is poetic when he described his lover in a hyperbole. Could we say the same when the descriptions fall short from the lover’s actual beauty, or actually mocking her? At what point the lovely nibbles turned into a painful bite, to what extent intention should excuse action? To what point, the robustness of the law should make a leeway to aesthetic seesaw?
If indeed the experience of the elect ones is the primal truth behind every fiber of existence, why cloth it behind poems and perplexing utterings?
The robustness of the idea of Unity of Existence is an ontological truth, not merely a mystical vision. As I mentioned it many times elsewhere, it is the model that can enjoin two indubitable facts together: that of the Absoluteness of God and the Existence of the World. Hamzah Fansuri, owing his origin to the temperate people of the Malayan Archipelago, has etched his name in the firmaments for his success in introducing the idea to the people in a lucid and logical way. His poetic stanzas served as an embellishment or perhaps a memory or reinforcing aid to help drum his ideas in the heart, never as a tool to cause perplexity.
It is actually quite amazing how the Indian scholar al-Raniri managed to pull a wool to people’s eyes, saying that the teaching of Hamzah Fansuri is a heretical one, while managing to write tomes of books that mirrors exactly that of Hamzah’s ideas.
In this edition, Hamzah presented to the world 3 translated and annotated works of Hamzah’s, Asrar-al-Arifin, Sharab-al-Ashiqin and al-Muntahi; the one and only in the world. One could compare the lucidity of the prose in the Asrar to the basic texts of the pondok like that of the al-Durr al-Manzum, and the Sharab and Muntahi to the more advanced writings of al-Ghazzali in the Misykat. It is incredibly saddening how Hamzah have been sidelined for a simple magic trick of defaming his ideas, through confounding and conflating his specific terms and words to the high heavens.
Perang Tamadun Melayu
The author offers an apology for his inability to compile the entire martial history of the Malays in his “small book”. But his apology is not needed because he does a good job in this book, and I’ll explain about it in a bit. Cursorily, I would like to make a remark that in a new publishing house such as THE PATRIOTS, the temptation is very strong for amateur writers to submit their work and to bask in their ephemeral limelight. But THE PATRIOTS, so far their publications that I have read, have provided good works. The author of this book went the other way most amateur writers would stay into: producing work from Wikipedia sources or some obscure conspiracy theorists web. So this is a well done book.
I would say despite the brevity of the book, the author has chosen apt nation-states to be covered. With the title, the author covered the martial history of the Malaccan and Johorean empire, and also brief chapters on Perak. The selection is exactly apt because the epithet Malay, in its most precise term, refers to the group of homogenous people whose ancestral origin lies along the Sungai Melayu in Eastern Sumatra. Historiographically, the Malays are the group who acknowledged the rule of Sang Sapurba and his descendents, as stated in the Malay Annals. This includes the people of Palembang, Siak, Jambi, the Riau Islands and later by extension, the people under Malaccan suzerainty.
The Malay people emerged under the empire of Sriwijaya and later succeeded by the Malaccan Sultanate. The Pahang Sultanate emerged by fraternity, when the Prince Muhammad was exiled from Malacca and became the ruler of Pahang instead. After the fall of Malacca, the direct successor would be the Johor Empire. And by requests from the local people, the Johor princes established the royal houses of Perak, and Perak later provided Acheh with one prince, albeit transiently. Thus, what defines as a Malay are a subethnic of the Austronesian people, whose ancestral origin lies in the Sungai Melayu in Sumatra, and includes its offshoots under Malaccan suzerainty. Thus the author’s decision to just include these successor states in this book is as precise as it can be.
The author derives his source from the Malay Annals and the Suma Oriental by Tome Pires, also views from Kunala , which I never heard before but frequently provides a tangential twist in this book.
The history of the Archipelago, is far away from the Orientalists’ depiction of the Far East as an idyllic utopia inhabited by innocent savages. The political struggles between rival states equals any political drama by high nations of Europe and Middle East. The Triangle War (between Acheh-Johor-Portugal), in fact, are such complex that personally it echoes the political complexity as in the Crusades; the transient political alliances and betrayals throughout the campaign.
As a conclusion, I would like to remark that the author’s decision to not include the history of the Reman Sultanate is also apt. This is because the Reman Sultanate has always been under Siam’s sway that much of its ephemeral existence is dedicated to be as one of Siam’s proxy. Kedah (includes Penang and Perlis), Terengganu and Kelantan are marches of the Malay people, and thus were subjected to shifting tides between Malacca, Siam and local rule. While Kedah’s history is especially rich and ancient, much of its attention is spent in deterring Siam rule and thus lies in the fringes of the main theater further south in the Straits.
December 6, 2022
Inilah sebuah buku yang ingin dibaca dengan penuh keterujaan. Harapan yang menggunung akan disajikan dengan perbincangan (yang akan disebut sebagai ‘penceritaan’) mengenai peperangan silam yang epik, sekali gus yang telah membentuk tamadun Melayu. Dek kerana gahnya tamadun Melayu ini, maka expectations terhadap buku ini juga tinggi.
Penulis telah memilih beberapa peperangan yang mungkin menurut pandangan beliau adalah signifikan dalam sejarah; yang melibatkan Melaka tentu sudah pasti, juga negeri-negeri Johor, Pahang dan Perak. Penglibatan Siam, Acheh, Pasai, sepatutnya menjadikan buku ini lebih menarik, lebih intriguing. Malangnya, bagi saya pengkisahan dalam buku ini sangat mendatar; perbincangannya tidak mendalam, hanya sekadar di permukaan. Tiada perbincangan mendalam mengenai punca atau titik asal berlakunya suatu peperangan, sebab dan alasan, teknik – sepanjang membaca, tidak terbit rasa saspens atau gerun kerana suatu peperangan; pada akhirnya tidak terasa impak. Paling tidak, hanya ada rasa kesal dengan kisah perang saudara yang berlaku disebabkan oleh khianat dan dengki, sehinggakan terdetik dalam hati, apakah sejarah bangsa ini terbina atas dasar khianat – sama ada mengkhianati atau dikhianati; dan tidakkah khianat ini bertitik noktah?
Dengan bab-bab yang pendek, suatu penceritaan yang epik mungkin agak mustahil. Membaca bab-bab ini mengembalikan nostalgia membaca buku teks sejarah waktu sekolah dahulu – cuma mungkin dalam buku ini, ada beberapa maklumat tambahan. Bercakap tentang nostalgia, terbayang-bayang filem ‘Hang Tuah’ karya allahyarham P.Ramlee apabila membaca mengenai Hang Tuah dalam buku ini; bagaikan terdengar-dengar Melor mengalunkan lagu khususnya untuk Hang Tuah (hoho!).
Tidak sampai separuh buku ini, keputusannya: buku ini membosankan saya. Namun, saya percaya ia boleh jadi lebih menarik dengan lebih banyak input dan pendetilan. Penulis menyebut beberapa sumber kepada penulisannya, seperti ‘Sejarah Melayu’; ‘Suma Oriental’ belum pernah saya dengar sebelum ini, dan ini sangat menarik. Begitu juga, penulis mengkhususkan perbincangan mengenai kepandaian orang Melayu dahulu menghasilkan dan menggunakan ‘senjata moden’ pada waktu itu, serta kapal perang laut yang gah dan mengagumkan – perbincangan dalam bab-bab ini memuaskan hati.
Walaupun membosankan, saya percaya banyak moral dan iktibar yang boleh dipelajari daripada buku ini - mengenai sikap kewaspadaan dan berhati-hati, perlunya menjadi bijak; perang tidak akan pernah menguntungkan: tidak akan pernah. Dalam peperangan, suatu pihak boleh sahaja bergabung dengan musuhnya untuk memerangi suatu pihak yang lain, dan sekelip mata boleh berbalik memerangi musuhnya itu, seperti yang diceritakan dalam bab ‘ Perang Johor-Jambi’ – Jambi membebaskan diri daripada Johor, Johor menyerang Jambi; Johor dan Jambi berdamai; Johor serang Jambi... begitulah; agak melucukan juga. Dan perlu penyuntingan yang lebih kemas dan teliti, maka tidaklah tiba-tiba ada ilustrasi dengan kapsyen dalam bahasa Inggeris.
Jujurnya, sangat tidak berpuas hati dengan editing buku ini, terutamanya pada perkataan yang ‘dipatahkan’ pada bahagian-bahagian yang tidak sesuai sehingga menjadikan perkataan tersebut pelik. Ia mengganggu pembacaan dan sangat menyakitkan mata (yang sakitnya turun ke hati ). Penulisan juga mendatar, melompat-lompat, dan paling menyakitkan hati ialah penggunaan font dalam petikan berhuruf condong. Gigih mencari (dan saya dapati: ya, buku ini ada editor! Mengapalah editor memilih font huruf condong tersebut; aksara ‘d’ kelihatan bermasalah!)
Akhir sekali, ya, dua bintang untuk ilutrasi kulit hadapannya yang cantik.
October 10, 2021
Naskhah hasil tulisan saudara Abdullah Sidek ini menceritakan tentang perang-perang yang pernah berlaku dalam Tamadun Melayu terutamanya dalam kerajaan/kesultanan Melaka, Pahang, Perak dan Johor di mana kesemua kerajaan/kesultanan ini mempunyai pertalian antara satu sama lain.
Buku ini menggarapkan bagaimana kerajaan-kerajaan ini menghadapi konflik dalaman dan campur tangan kuasa asing sehingga membawa kepada peperangan. Perebutan kuasa dan pengkhianatan sudah menjadi kebiasaan dalam sesebuah kerajaan dalam memastikan kelangsungan dalam menghadapi dunia yang mencabar. Masing-masing berlumba untuk menunjukkan kuasa dan meluaskan pengaruh demi menjadi yang terbaik antara yang terbaik.
Andai sahaja pemimpin dan pemerintah terdahulu bersatu, sudah tentu Tamadun Melayu mampu menjadi salah satu kuasa besar di rantau ini.
Dari segi aspek teknikal, terdapat beberapa kesalahan ejaan terutamanya di bahagian tajuk. Penggunaan bahasa adalah santau dan mudah difahami. Terdapat juga nota di bahagian belakang buku sebagai info tambahan. Jadi, buku ini sangat sesuai untuk semua lapisan masyarakat dalam mendalami peristiwa-peristiwa penting yang pernah berlaku dalam kerajaan Tamadun Melayu yang lampau.
Buku ini menggarapkan bagaimana kerajaan-kerajaan ini menghadapi konflik dalaman dan campur tangan kuasa asing sehingga membawa kepada peperangan. Perebutan kuasa dan pengkhianatan sudah menjadi kebiasaan dalam sesebuah kerajaan dalam memastikan kelangsungan dalam menghadapi dunia yang mencabar. Masing-masing berlumba untuk menunjukkan kuasa dan meluaskan pengaruh demi menjadi yang terbaik antara yang terbaik.
Andai sahaja pemimpin dan pemerintah terdahulu bersatu, sudah tentu Tamadun Melayu mampu menjadi salah satu kuasa besar di rantau ini.
Dari segi aspek teknikal, terdapat beberapa kesalahan ejaan terutamanya di bahagian tajuk. Penggunaan bahasa adalah santau dan mudah difahami. Terdapat juga nota di bahagian belakang buku sebagai info tambahan. Jadi, buku ini sangat sesuai untuk semua lapisan masyarakat dalam mendalami peristiwa-peristiwa penting yang pernah berlaku dalam kerajaan Tamadun Melayu yang lampau.
May 6, 2022
god damn , buku ni i think is suitable for everyone tapi kalau yang jenis tak nak otak "hang" atau tiba tiba hilang better jangan hahahah atau baca slowly sebab u akan rasa berat kepala kalau baca ni. silap ii boleh frustrated tau macam aku. aku stop 1 bulan baca buku ni sebab otak aku full sangat. memang dah tak boleh nak masuk..then alhamdulillah after that aku dapat habiskan buku ni. so far aku suka sebab banyak ilmu pengetahuan yang aku dapat ofc dan yang aku paling suka aku dapat flex masa kelas sejarah nanti ✌🏻
August 13, 2021
Kisah peperangan yang berlaku pada latar masa Kesultanan Melayu Melaka,Johor,Pahang Dan Perak. Ianya banyak menerangkan mengenai siapakah Sultan disebalik setiap peperangan yang tercetus. Membaca penulisan ini buat diri terasa mengimbau latar sejarah 1000 tahun yang lalu,betapa agungnya sesebuah kesultanan itu.
January 6, 2022
Reading this book, in a way made you feel angry. Angry of the way those so called leaders view people's life as if it meant nothing. Angry that they were driven for greed, influence and power thus causing so much unnecessary wars.
February 10, 2022
Ini semua berdasarkan fakta dan hujah. Hujah yang patut kita kagum kerana berdasarkan fakta dan bagi kita fikir bahawa kita mempunyai keagungan pada suatu ketika dahulu. Namun dalam hal ini, terlalu banyak politik dalaman yang perlu kita kurangkan. Tahniah Penulis 🔥🔥
July 27, 2020
Highly recommended!
July 7, 2021
Peperangan yang diceritakan hanya tertumpu kepada Kerajaan Melaka, Johor, Pahang dan Perak. Walau bagaimanapun, itu sudah cukup sesuai dengan kandungan dan harga buku ini.
December 30, 2022
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Seronok baca klu baru nak belajar belajar sejarah Melayu.walau spm aku A utk sejarah tapi sejarah buku teks tak sama dengan sejarah sebenar..Lagi² sejarah melayu.
Seronok baca klu baru nak belajar belajar sejarah Melayu.walau spm aku A utk sejarah tapi sejarah buku teks tak sama dengan sejarah sebenar..Lagi² sejarah melayu.
December 3, 2023
Games of Thrones untuk Tanah Melayu. Recommended.
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