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Taufiq Ismail. Taufiq Ismail (born 25 June 1935) is an Indonesian poet, activist and the editor of the monthly literary magazine Horison. [1] Ismail figured prominently in Indonesian literature of the post- Sukarno period and is considered one of the pioneers of the "Generation of '66". [2] He completed his education at the University of Indonesia.
Cut Nyak Dhien or Tjoet Nja' Dhien (c. 1848 – 6 November 1908) [1] was a leader of the Acehnese guerrilla forces during the Aceh War. Following the death of her husband Teuku Umar, she led guerrilla actions against the Dutch for 25 years. She was posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of Indonesia on 2 May 1964 by the Indonesian ...
The Samudera Pasai Sultanate (Malay: كسلطانن سامودرا ڤاساي), also known as Samudera or Pasai or Samudera Darussalam or Pacem, was a Muslim kingdom on the north coast of Sumatra from the 13th to the 16th centuries. Little evidence has been left to allow for historical study of the kingdom. [1] The kingdom was believed to ...
Malay Annals. The Malay Annals (Malay: Sejarah Melayu, Jawi: سجاره ملايو ), originally titled Sulalatus Salatin (Genealogy of Kings), [ 1 ] is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanate. [ 2 ] The work, composed in the 17th century by court historians, draws ...
Zainon binti Sulaiman (22 January 1903 – 2 April 1989), sometimes known as Zainon Munshi Sulaiman because her father was a language teacher or "munshi", also called Hajjah Zain or Ibu Zain, was a Malaysian educator and politician. [1][2] Born in Malacca, the sixth of eight children, she received a good education through the efforts of her ...
Ibu Tien. Raden Ayu Siti Hartinah (23 August 1923 – 28 April 1996), also known as Siti Hartinah Soeharto or Tien Soeharto, [a] was the First Lady of Indonesia from 1967 until 1996. She was the wife of second Indonesian president, Suharto. Known as Ibu Tien in Indonesia, she was widely acknowledged to have been politically powerful, and a ...
—Excerpt from Francis Marrash's Mashhad al-ahwal (1870), translated by Shmuel Moreh. Arab Renaissance Beginning in the 19th century, as part of what is now called "the Arab Renaissance" or "revival" (al-Nahda), some primarily Egyptian, Lebanese and Syrian writers and poets Rifa'a at-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Butrus al-Bustani, and Francis Marrash believed that writing must be renewed ...
Sultanate of Tidore. The Sultanate of Tidore (Malay: كسلطانن تدوري, romanized: Kesultanan Tidore; sometimes Kerajaan Tidore) was a sultanate in Southeast Asia, centered on Tidore in the Maluku Islands (presently in North Maluku, Indonesia). It was also known as Duko, its ruler carrying the title Kië ma-kolano (Ruler of the ...