Siapa frank swettenham biography

Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH (28 March 1850 – 11 June 1946) was a British colonial administrator who became the first Resident general of the.
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH (28 Maret 1850 – 11 Juni 1946) adalah Residen Jenderal pertama Negeri-negeri Melayu Bersekutu (kini Malaysia).
An introduction to the study of Folklore, Popular Religion, and Magic as understood among the Malays of the Peninsula.

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Introduction 1

Malay Texts

Malay texts referred to in the article but not listed below were quoted using only the Malay Concordance Project [MCP] repository (Australian National University) https://mcp.anu.edu.au/

Bo’ Sangaji Kai

Chambert-Loir, Henri & Siti Maryam R. Salahuddin, (eds.), 1999, Bo’ Sangaji Kai: Catatan Kerajaan Bima. Jakarta: École française d’Extreme-Orient / Yayasan Obor Indonesia (Naskah dan Dokumen Nusantara 18).

Hikayat Aceh

Teuku Iskandar (ed.), 1958, De Hikajat Atjeh. ‘s-Gravenhage (VKI 26).

Hikayat Banjar

Ras, Johannes Jacobus (ed.), 1968,Hikayat Banjar. A study in Malay Historiography. The Hague: KITLV (Bibliotheca Indonesica, 1).

Hikayat Hang Tuah

Kassim Ahmad (ed.), 1975, Hikayat Hang Tuah. Kuala Lumpur, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Hikayat Indera Putera

S.W.R. Mulyadi (ed.), 1983, Hikayat Indraputra: A Malay Romance. Dordrecht, Leiden: Foris, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Bibliotheca Indonesica 23).

Kisah Pelayaran Abdullah dari Singapura ke Kelantan

Sweeney, Amin (ed.), 2005, Karya Lengkap Ab

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In dealing with this branch of the subject I will first take the case of the kings and priestly magicians who present the most clearly-marked examples of personal sanctity which are now to be found among Malays, and will then describe the chief features of the sanctity ascribed to all ranks alike in respect of certain special parts of the ordinary human anatomy. The theory of the king as the Divine Man is held perhaps as strongly in the Malay region as in any other part of the world, a fact which is strikingly emphasised by the alleged right of Malay monarchs “to slay at pleasure, without being guilty of a crime.” Not only is the king’s person considered sacred, but the sanctity of his body is believed to communicate itself to his regalia, and to slay those who break the royal taboos. Thus it is firmly believed that any one who seriously offends the royal person, who touches (even for a moment) or who imitates (even with the king’s permission) the chief objects of the regalia,14 or who wrongfully makes use [24]of any of the insignia or privileges of royal

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Frank Swettenham

British colonial official in Malaya

Sir Frank Athelstane SwettenhamGCMG CH (28 March 1850 – 11 June 1946) was a British colonial administrator who became the first Resident general of the Federated Malay States, which brought the Malay states of Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang together under the administration of a Resident-General based in Kuala Lumpur. He served from 1 July 1896 to 4 November 1901. He was also an amateur painter, photographer and antique collector.

Early life

He was born in Belper, Derbyshire, the son of attorney James Oldham Swettenham,^[1] and Charlotte Elizabeth Carr and was educated at the Dollar Academy in Scotland and St Peter's School, York.^[2] He was a descendant of Mathew Swetenham, Henry IV's bow bearer, and the younger brother of the colonial administrator Sir James Alexander Swettenham.

Career

Swettenham was a British colonial official in British Malaya, who was famous as highly influential in shaping British policy and the structure of British administration in the Mal