British Malaya

An Account of the Origin and Progress of British Influence in Malaya

Frank Swettenham

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9780429859526
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Asian History
• Index: History

First published in 1948, this volume's third edition emerged contemporaneously with the transition from the Malayan Union to the Federation of Malaya, an area covering the Malay Peninsula and modern Singapore. The volume recounts the experiences of the first British residents of Malaya. Its object was to explain the circumstances and evolution of the British administration in Malaya, along with a history of the region.

Index

Abbott, R.N., Lieutenant, 201, 205, 206

Abbott, Lieutenant, escapes assassination, 206

Abdullah, son of Abdulkadir, 57–61, 63–5, 68, 75–7, 79–81, 168

Abdullah, Raja, 122, 123, 176, 177, 194–6, 199–201, 210, 212

Abdullah, Sultan, summoned his chiefs, 201

Account of Siam 97

Achin, 70, 108, 109, 326

Address presented to Sir Stamford Raffles, 73

Agricultural development, 248, 259–66, 287, 296–8, 301, 302

Albuquerque, 6, 14–18, 22, 57

Ali, Sultan, 122

Alot Star, 310, 311

Amok, 143

An Anecdotal History of Singapore, 68

Anarchy in the Malay States, 114–32

Anderson, John, pamphlet about Pinang, 53

Annual Budget and Report of British Residents, 248, 249

Anson, Colonel Sir A. E. H., 245

Appointment, etc., of Government officials, 338, 339

Appreciation of Mr. Chamberlain, 279

Arak, 253

Art work of Malay, 138

Ashanti Expedition, 108–10

Assassination of Mr. J. W. Bitch, 203–15

Bachitram Shah, Raja (Sang Sĕperba), 12

Bâdang, a Singapûra Samson. 80

Bandar Bhâru, 201–8

Bandar Langat, "City of Festivals," 183–6, 191

Bandar Maharâni, 307

Bangkok Treaty, 316, 341

Bâtang Pâdang, 118

Beauty of the Straits of Malacca, 2–11

Begbie, Lieutenant, 80

Bencoolen, 33, 34, 65, 111

Bĕndahâra's betrayal of Singapûra, 14

Bĕndahara's fate, 14

Bĕndahâra of Păhang, 131, 176

Bentan, 66

Bentinck, Lord William, 81

Bĕnua, 26

Bernam, 116, 118, 126

Bernam river, 116

Birch, Mr. E. W., 286

Birch, Mr. James W., 192, 194–215

Blanja, 202, 203, 207, 208

Blundell, Mr. E. A., 85, 88–93, 9...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Original Title
• Original Copyright
• INTRODUCTION TO THE 1948 EDITION
• PREFACE TO THE 1929 EDITION
• ORIGINAL PREFACE
• Contents
• I The Outward Appearance of the British Possessions in the Straits of Malacca
• II Malacca—Early History
• III Pinang—Early History—Lord Minto's Expedition to Java
• IV Singapore—Early History—Sir Stamford Raffles
• V The Straits from 1825-67—The Arrangement made to Settle the Claims of the Sultan and Tĕmĕnggong in Regard to Johore
• VI The Straits from 1867–73—Sir Harry Ord's Administration—Anarchy in the Malay States
• VII The Malay; His Customs, Prejudices, Arts, Language, and Literature
• VIII 1874—Sir Andrew Clarke—British Intervention in the Affairs of the Western Malay States
• IX 1875–6—Sir William Jervois—British Resident of Pêrak Assassinated—Punitive Expedition
• X The Evolution of the Residential System—Tin Mining—What the Malay States owe to Chinese Labour and Enterprise—Roads—Railways
• XI The Continued Evolution of the Residential System—Revenue Farms—Education—Land Settlement—Irrigation—Rubber Cultivation—Currency—Păhang
• XII 1895—1907—Federation and its Results
• XIII Concerning the Malay States which are not included in the Federation
• XIV How the Development of the Malay States has Affected the neighbouring British Colony, and the Relations of Both with the Colonial Office—The Singapore Harbour and Docks—The Civil Service—The Malay Administrator—The Future of British Malaya
• XV Twenty-five Years After
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Index