Rawa migration to the Malay peninsula in the 19th century: the case of Pahang, Perak, and Selangor

• Main Authors: Fathil, Fauziah, Wan Sulong, Wan Suhana, Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) 2018
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); H51 History
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/69910/1/69910_Rawa%20migration%20to%20the%20malay%20peninsula.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/69910/2/69910_Rawa%20migration%20to%20the%20malay%20peninsula_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/69910/3/69910_Rawa%20migration%20to%20the%20malay%20peninsula_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/69910/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/736

Little research attention has been paid to the Rawa or Rao community from West Sumatra who migrated to the Malay Peninsula. The few available accounts are scattered and fragmentary, and contradictory in some respects. The issue is complicated by the deliberate attempts of early Rawa migrants to hide...