- History, Sources, Social life and customs, Civilization
Account of Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi during British colonial expansion into Malay world and Singapore from the time of Raffles arrival in the 1820s.
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Earnest, cool, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Abdullah Munshi, W. G. Shellabear
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 353
- Publisher
- Methodist Pub. House, Tercetak di tempat cap Sidang Methodist, Printed at the Methodist Publishing House
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- may, ind, English
- ISBN
- 9780196381114
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About Abdullah Munshi · 1796–1854
Malayan writer who was a famous Malacca-born munshi of Singapore
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