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A Brunei Sultan in the Early 14th Century: Study of an Arabic Gravestone*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

Chen Da-Sheng
Chen Da-Sheng
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Fujian Academy of Social Sciences
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I joined the Maritime Silk Route Expedition organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a member of the International Team of Scholars. We sailed on the Fulk-al-Salamah, the expedition ship, from Oman to China, stopping in the following countries: Oman, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and the Philippines. International seminars were held in each one of these countries during the expedition.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 1 - 13
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1992

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