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Strangers' and 'stranger-kings

Thesayyidin eighteenth-century maritime Southeast Asia

Bibliographic Data

ID5779827
AuthorsJ Kathirithamby–well (corresponding author), J Kathirithamby–Wells (corresponding author), Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells
Year2009
Volume40
Issue3
Pages567-591
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Southeast Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4634 • E-ISSN: 1474-0680
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022463409990075
OpenAlexW2138797909
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited52

Sayyidi 'strangers' and 'stranger-kings', borne on the eighteenth-century wave of Hadhrami migration to the Malay-Indonesian region, boosted indigenous traditions of charismatic leadership at a time of intense political challenge posed by Western expansion. The extemporary credentials and personal talents which made for sāda exceptionalism and lent continuity to Southeast Asian state-making traditions are discussed with particular reference to Perak, Siak and Pontianak. These case studies, representative of discrete sāda responses to specific circumstances, mark them out as lead actors in guiding the transition from 'the last stand of autonomies' to a new era of pragmatic collaboration with the West

Charismatic authority · Exceptionalism · Malay · Asian Studies and History · Islamic Studies and History

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2020 - 2024 (5)
Citation velocityrecent
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