Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ISSN 2225-0883
IDOSI Publications, 2011
Muslims
History
Europeans
Colonialism
INTRODUCTION
Corresponding Author: Hussain Othman, Development of Technology and Human, Faculty of Science,
University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.
Fax: +07-4536051.
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The Dutch:
Mass Storage of Malay Muslim Historical Sources:
A huge number of historical events were recorded and
preserved by the Dutch during their colonial rule in the
Malay Muslim world. The voluminous manuscripts and
printed matters filled the State Archives in The Hague.
The records of Dutch East India Company (VOC) alone
number over twelve thousand. The records of the
Companys successor, the Netherlands Indian
Government are ten times as numerous [9]. This has
opened the doors of opportunities for historians and
scholars to study and publish numerous publications.
Arasaratnam wrote [10], A glance at a bibliography of
the history of the VOC is sufficient to give one an idea of
the treasure house of source material that must be extant
to have made possible studies of such wide and varied
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