Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid
Biographic Data
| ID | 668764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raja Iskandar Bin Raja |
| FAMILY NAME | Halid |
| SIGNATURE | HALID R I B R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Malaysia Kelantan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0542-3294 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Music of Malaysia
Reviewed by: The Music of Malaysia: The Classical, Folk, and Syncretic Traditions by Patricia Matusky and Tan Sooi Beng Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid (bio) The Music of Malaysia: The Classical, Folk, and Syncretic Traditions, second ed. Patricia Matusky and Tan Sooi Beng. SOAS Musicology Series. London: Routledge, 2017. xxii + 438 pp., 603 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, discography, videography, index + two CDs. ISBN: 9781472465047 (hardc…
Sufism, Spiritual Performativity and Theological Contestations
Since the thirteenth century, longstanding connections between tariqa (Sufi Orders) and Malay Sultanates brought new Islamic knowledge and practices which were fused with local traditions. The coming of Islam also brought the nobat musical ensemble and religious-related musical practices. From the court of Pasai, North Sumatera, the ensemble later spread to other parts of the Malay world and was still played in the succeeding Aceh sultanate in th…
The Adat Aceh
After the fall of Melaka to the Portuguese in 1511, Aceh began to assert itself as a formidable Malay sultanate. After annexing Pasai and its neighbouring polities in 1524, Aceh gradually replaced Melaka as the centre of the Malay world. The Aceh sultanate held elaborate ceremonies and celebrations, which involved the playing of music in street processions as part of its royal adat or customs. This was seen as an important visual and aural repres…
The nobat in early Malay literature
The Hikayat Patani (Story of Patani), is a Malay court chronicle that was written between the 17th and the 18th centuries but relates to events much earlier. Generally regarded as a historical chronicle, the hikayat not only narrates the genealogy of the royal house but also attempts to establish the Patani sultanate as a proud, sovereign Malay polity with its own distinct identity. It is also the only work of Malay literature that details the mu…
The Syair Tabut of Encik Ali
This is an annotated transcription and translation of the Syair Tabut (Poem of the Tomb Effigies) of Encik Ali, a Malay-language, Jawi-script syair account of the Muharram commemorations of 1864 at Singapore. The only known part lithograph and part manuscript of this text, on which this edition is based, is held in the library of Leiden University, shelfmark Kl. 191. For a full discussion of this Syair, see the accompanying article by Lunn and By…
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The Syair Tabut of Encik Ali
This is an annotated transcription and translation of the Syair Tabut (Poem of the Tomb Effigies) of Encik Ali, a Malay-language, Jawi-script syair account of the Muharram commemorations of 1864 at Singapore. The only known part lithograph and part manuscript of this text, on which this edition is based, is held in the library of Leiden University, shelfmark Kl. 191. For a full discussion of this Syair, see the accompanying article by Lunn and By…
The nobat in early Malay literature
The Hikayat Patani (Story of Patani), is a Malay court chronicle that was written between the 17th and the 18th centuries but relates to events much earlier. Generally regarded as a historical chronicle, the hikayat not only narrates the genealogy of the royal house but also attempts to establish the Patani sultanate as a proud, sovereign Malay polity with its own distinct identity. It is also the only work of Malay literature that details the mu…
The Adat Aceh
After the fall of Melaka to the Portuguese in 1511, Aceh began to assert itself as a formidable Malay sultanate. After annexing Pasai and its neighbouring polities in 1524, Aceh gradually replaced Melaka as the centre of the Malay world. The Aceh sultanate held elaborate ceremonies and celebrations, which involved the playing of music in street processions as part of its royal adat or customs. This was seen as an important visual and aural repres…
The Music of Malaysia
Reviewed by: The Music of Malaysia: The Classical, Folk, and Syncretic Traditions by Patricia Matusky and Tan Sooi Beng Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid (bio) The Music of Malaysia: The Classical, Folk, and Syncretic Traditions, second ed. Patricia Matusky and Tan Sooi Beng. SOAS Musicology Series. London: Routledge, 2017. xxii + 438 pp., 603 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, discography, videography, index + two CDs. ISBN: 9781472465047 (hardc…
Sufism, Spiritual Performativity and Theological Contestations
Since the thirteenth century, longstanding connections between tariqa (Sufi Orders) and Malay Sultanates brought new Islamic knowledge and practices which were fused with local traditions. The coming of Islam also brought the nobat musical ensemble and religious-related musical practices. From the court of Pasai, North Sumatera, the ensemble later spread to other parts of the Malay world and was still played in the succeeding Aceh sultanate in th…
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