TY - BOOK AU - Falarti,Maziar Mozaffari TI - Malay kingship in Kedah: religion, trade, and society T2 - Asia world SN - 9780739168431 AV - DS598.K28 F35 2012eb U1 - 959.5/1 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Sultans KW - Malaysia KW - Kedah KW - History KW - Geopolitics KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Malaisie KW - Histoire KW - Géopolitique KW - HISTORY KW - Asia KW - Southeast Asia KW - bisacsh KW - Commerce KW - fast KW - Kings and rulers KW - Religious aspects KW - Manners and customs KW - Kedah (Malaysia) KW - Social life and customs KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; From Raja to Sultan : The Islamic Conversion of the Tantric Malay Ruler -- The Malay Ethos : The Sultan and his Subjects -- Controlling Kedah's maritime lines of communication : The Sultan and the Raja di-laut, or Sea Lords -- Bay to Gulf or Gulf to Bay : the Sultan and the trans-peninsular routes of Kedah N2 - The Kedah Sultanate is the oldest unbroken independent kingship lines in the "Malay world" with 1,000 years of history, and arguably one of the oldest in the Islamic world. In this study I examine key geopolitical and spiritual attributes of Malay kingship that have traditionally cemented the ruler, the peoples, and the environment UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=513210 ER -