PROSES DAN KESAN KEMASUKAN BRITISH KE SINGAPURA 1819: CATATAN ABDULLAH ABDUL KADIR MUNSYI DALAM HIKAYAT ABDULLAH
Abstract: Hikayat Abdullah is
a work in Malay literature written by Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi. Unlike
other works written before the 20th century that tend to be biases towards
royal and aristocratic societies, Hikayat Abdullah takes a different attitude. Abdullah
seems to write an auto-biography specifically about his life experiences from childhood
to adult and his involvement in the lives of British officers. One subject
caught his interest, that is the policies and methods of administration of
colonial officers who were close to him such as William Farquhar and Thomas
Stamford Raffles. Therefore, he ventured to write on the episode of British
arrival in Singapore in 1819 with precision and much details. Undoubtedly, the
arrival of the British in Singapore during that year is a very important
historical event. Abdullah details his writing over the previous year and
extends the story until a few years later. Thus, the study of these episodes
through Hikayat Abdullah could provide an new understanding of the period.
Penulis: Mardiana Nordin
Kode Jurnal: jpsejarah&umumdd130179
