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Melayu Kingdom (also known as Ma La Yu in Chinese text 末羅瑜國, Malay in English) was a classical Southeast Asian kingdom that existed between the 7th and the 13th century of the common era. It was established around present day Dharmasraya on Sumatera, Indonesia, approximately 300 km north of Palembang. It was founded by society in Batanghari river and the gold trader from Minangkabau hinterland. Around 688 CE, emperor Jayanasa integrated Malayu into the Srivijayan empire. According to Yijing,

Sejarah Melayu or Malay Annals is a Malay literary work that chronicles the genealogies of rulers in the Malay archipelago and spans a period of over 600 years. This work was believed to have been commissioned in 1612 by the junior king or regent of Johor, the Yang di Pertuan Di Hilir, Raja Abdullah (also called as Raja Bongsu and later known as Sultan Abdullah Mu'ayat Syah ibni Sultan Abdul Jalil Syah). In 1613, the Johor capital of Batu Sawar was destroyed by Achehnese invaders and Raja

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) or Malayan Railways Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. Formerly known as the Malayan Railway Administration, it came to be known as KTMB after the government led corporatisation in 1992. However, it remained wholly owned by the Malaysian government. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was first built to transport tin. Fares are generally reasonable, but the low frequency of the intercity trains does not

Ketuanan Melayu (Malay for Malay supremacy or Malay dominance) is the claim that the Malay people are the tuan (masters) of Malaysia. The Malaysian Chinese and Indian Malaysians who form a significant minority in Malaysia, are considered beholden to the Malays for granting them citizenship in return for special privileges as set out in Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia. This quid pro quo arrangement is usually referred to as the Malaysian social contract. The concept of ketuanan

The Betawi language is the spoken language of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the native language of about 2,700,000 people (1993). It is a Malay based creole. The name Betawi stems from Batavia, the official name for Jakarta during the era of the Dutch East Indies.

Sinfoni Melayu (or Sinfoni Malaya) is mentioned in Contemporary composers as a symphony composed by Anthony Burgess in 1956, when he was a teacher at Malay College Kuala Kangsar. In his book This Man & Music Burgess himself writes: In his Anthony Burgess Newsletter of 1999 Paul Phillips calls Sinfoni Malaya for orchestra and brass band” Burgess' second symphony (after Symphony No. 1 of 1935). The musical score not having been delivered to posterity the only source that there ever was such a

Baju Melayu is a traditional Malay outfit for men. It literally translates as 'Malay shirt' and consists of two main parts. The first being the baju (long sleeved shirt) itself which has a raised stiff collar known as the cekak musang collar (literally fox's lease). The second part is the trousers. The two parts are made out of the same type of fabric which is usually silk, cotton, or a mixture of polyester and cotton. A skirt type adornment is also commonly worn with the Baju Melayu, which is

Kampung Melayu Majidee is a Malay village located in the city of Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The population of Kampung Melayu is circa 30,000. Kampung Melayu Majidee is a Malay traditional village, placed behind the Majidee Camp constituency. Melayu Majidee is a mailing address not a [tribe]. Adjacent to it is a place named Bakar Batu, a historical village, formerly was a district employed the original camp site for the former Malays of Johor Lama Kingdom. In the modern days Bakar Batu

The National Library Board (Abbreviation: NLB; Chinese: 国家图书馆管理局; Malay: Lembaga Perpustakaan Negara; Tamil: தேசிய நூலக வாரியம்) is a statutory board of the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Singapore. Tasked to manage the public libraries and to lead them into the information age where non print resources are making their mark, the NLB is aimed towards the creation of borderless libraries, an initiative aimed at bringing the libraries closer to Singaporeans, and to