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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)
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 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
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 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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