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for seven hundred two [years]          punished by seven pieces ofgold                  inscriptions with later dates. Specifically   trade anddespite the fact that its role
                                                                                       coins and [ten]                                  related to the Trengganu inscription, the   was being replaced by Malacca in the
                                          B.1.  A family of the kingdom of Jawa                                                                                                       th
                                                ….                                  3.   mid three. If asingle leader, he               following points are important. First, in   early 14 century, Samudera Pasai’s
                                                                                       were punished by five pieces of                  the Trengganu inscription, God is called   position as a center of Islamic learning
                                            2.  came to give goods and the fourth                                                       the “Dewata Mulia Raya”, but the Prophet   survived. This had to do with the fact that
                                                (Divine duty) thatone credits          gold co(ins...)                                  Muhammad is called “the Messenger of   the government highly respected and
                                                                                    4.   seven pieces of gold coins is the              Allah” (Rasul Allah) and it still uses “the   supported Islamic studies. Ibn Batutta’s
                                            3.  Do not take (.....) take away and      same for the Treasurerand if o(ne)
                                                                                                                                                                                                th
                                                throw the gold                                                                          servants of Dewata Mulia Raya” rather   journal from the 14  century reflects
                                                                                    5.   who is free; and the seventh duty              than “the servants of Allah” (hamba    a similar condition. According to him,
                                            4.   The fifth duty, whoever a             is a woman                                       Allah) to address the Muslim community.   Sultan Malik al-Zahir ---Samudra Pasai’s
                                                freeman…                                                                                Second, the inscription already uses   second ruler --- observed the prayers
                                                                                    6.   cannot get married if she commits                                                     in the palace mosque, and after he had
                                            5.   Do not take a hammer to make          adultery, in which she is single.                the names for days and months as they
                                                gold (….)                                                                               are known in the Arab-Muslim world.    finished his prayer he used to recite the
                                                                                  D 1.   If not, she will be fined to pay a             Third, Arabic words and expressions are   Qur’an. He was also known as being
                                            6.   If he took it, the gold would         gold coin or the equivalent. The                 used side by side with Sanskrit, while   very close and paying honors to scholars
                                                diminish; and the sixth duty                                                                                                   of Islamic law.
                                                                                       ninth                                            the Malay has become increasingly
                                            7.   Whoever commits adultery male or     2.   His Royal Highness [said] whoever            dominant. Fourth, a more complete set   Therefore, entering the 15  century when
                                                                                                                                                                                                      th
                                                female is commanded                                                                     of affixes is used including me-, ber-,   Malacca was developing into a leading
                                                                                       does not […] the fine
                                            8.   by God if a single or a widowed                                                        di-, se, -kan, -nya, and-kau. Fifth, there   Islamic kingdom in the Archipelago,
                                                                                    3.   [that] is made for yourchild or your           is a strong tendency to carry out the   Samudera Pasai continued to be
                                            9.   a hundred lashes, and if a free       grandchild, your player or your                  punishment for adulterers  (Sanskrit:   regarded as a center of Islamic studies.
                                                married man                            family                                           balacara); if single or widowed (bujan,   A story in the Sejarah Melayu (Malay
                                            10. or a married woman, being buried     4.   Theserulings must be obeyed, if               palu) one hundred lashes, and if married   Annals), a classic Malay texts and the
                                                up to                                  not a Divine curse                               to be buried to the waist and to be    traditional source for information about
                                                                                                                                        stoned. 8                              Malacca --- proves Samudera Pasai’s
                                            11. the waist [and being] thrown with     5.   will be entitledfor God’s sake for                                                  important position. It is told in the text
                                                stone till die                         those who disobey theserulings.                  Samudera Pasai also witnessed the
                                                                                                                                        development of Malay into a medium for   that a scholar in the field of Sufism
                                            12. if [one] is refused to be stoned, if a   Like in the Munye Tujoh inscription,           conveying religious messages. It should   named Maulana Abu Ishak lived in
                                                Mandalika                         Arab-Islamic influence is also visible                be noted that despite its diminishing   Arabia. He had written a book entitled
                                                                                  in the Trengganu inscription. In view of                                                     Durr al-Manzum and he intended to uses
                                          C 1.  a single being punished by ten mid   the fact that it is written in Jawi script,        role as a center of political power and   his book to teach in Malacca. Malacca’s
                                                three. If he …                                                                          8. Imran T. Abdullah. “Bahasa Melayu: Lingua
                                                                                  One can say that Arab-Islamic influence               Franca Islam”, in Taufik Abdullah dan A.B. Lapian   ruler, Sultan Mansur Shah, not only
                                            2.   a minister who is single being   is far more powerful than any other                   (ed.), Indonesia dalam Arus Sejarah, ….., p. 237.  welcomed Maulana Abu Ishak’s intention



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