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This blogspot is a medium to share my thoughts and adventures apart from promoting my books. Below are the books which have been written or authored and published by myself.


"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Mencari Diri dan Erti".

ISBN 983-42031-0-1, Jun 2006


"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Membela Syiar yang Asal"

ISBN 983-42031-1-x, May 2007


"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Sirih Pulang ke Gagang?"

ISBN 978-983-42031-2-2, November 2007


It is interesting to note that while these books were written in Malay it has gained enough attention to merit being part of the collections of the American Library of Congress and National Library of Australia. Look here and here.


While the first three books were published by my own company, the fourth titled "Rumah Azan" was published in April 2009 by a company called Karnadya with the help of the Malaysian national literary body Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. It features beautiful pictures along with stories behind selected mosques which could be related to the history of Islam and the Malays alongside the formation of the Malaysian nation. Look at the article A collaboration of old collegemates - the book "Rumah Azan".


My fifth book "Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and Malay Sultanates", an English translation and adaptation of the Malay book "Ahlul Bait (Keluarga) Rasulullah SAW dan Kesultanan Melayu" authored by Hj Muzaffar Mohamad and Tun Suzana Othman was published early 2010. Look here... My 5th book is out! Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and the Malay Sultanates... . For more information check out my Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU.



Like my fourth book "Rumah Azan", the sixth book "Kereta Api Menuju Destinasi" is also a coffee-table book which is published by the company Karnadya with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (the main Malay literary body in Malaysia). Coming out January 2011 it features pictures and stories on the adventure travelling by train to all of Peninsular Malaysia along with the interesting places which could be reached this way.


My seventh book "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" in turn is a coffee-table book which is written, editted, designed and has pictures taken by me. Coming out of the factory October 2011, this book which combines family history with history of places such as Singapura, Johor, Batu Pahat, Muar and in fact the history of the island of Java and England has been reviewed with me interviewed live in the program Selamat Pagi Malaysia at RTM1. Look at the article Siaran langsung ulasan buku "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" dan temu ramah di Selamat Pagi Malaysia. Some selected contents have been featured in Sneak peek "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah".


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The "Berpetualang ke Aceh" series of novels could be obtained in e-book form. Enter http://www.e-sentral.com/, click general novel and go to page 4. You can also type the word "Aceh" at the search box. Or click straight Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3.


Tuesday, September 08, 2009

From Perlak to Geudong, seat of the powerful twin ancient kingdoms of Samudera and Pasai!

Continued from Rural Perlak, the seat of a powerful ancient Islamic kingdom!


We went out of the small town of Perlak and stopped somewhere at the north fringe...


After the visit to the tomb of Sultan Sayyid Maulana Abdul Aziz Shah, we deserved to have a good session of tea or rather coffee... with rojak, a mish-mash of fruits with special hot sauce...


The journey was soon continued. If I remember correctly this plot of land is where Kak Ann would build a new mosque along with certain facilities...



A few kilometres later we stopped again at the roadside...



This time to say hi to a few of Kak Ann's friends who run the district police headquarters...




Then only do we continue to our next destination, the town of Idi which should be about 2o km north of Perlak...





We went here to a honour a request by an elderly person in Malaysia who originated from these parts of Aceh. He wanted me to meet his relatives here. So have to take the whole crew with me I guess...




Praise be to Allah, we found the relatives' place near the old mosque of Idi. After doing our prayers here, we enquired about their whereabout from the congregation and found their house just about 200 metres or so from the mosque.




The journey up north, or rather north-east was continued after 8.30 pm or so...






Our destination, the main place we wanted to go since the day before, that is Wednesday before the journey got prolonged (refer again to the explanation in Thursday morning trip from Langsa to Perlak and reminiscing what goes on before... ) should be about 90 km or so from Idi...






Ah... almost there. But have to take a certain junction from the small town of Geudong to the coastal areas...



And here we are at our main destination, tomb of the founder of the ancient kingdoms of Samudera and Pasai, the venerable saintly ruler Sultan Malikus Salih, deceased 1297 AD! For more information you could refer to the article Makam (tomb of) Sultan Malikus Salih! in the bilingual blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) . In fact you could just use Google as the Sultan is a very famous and important personality in the Malay world. After this I would do a piece on the ruler and his tomb at my Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU ya. So enough story-telling here for the moment... take care!

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