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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.


Friday, May 02, 2008

A quick visit to the Terengganu state museum...

This picture of the Terengganu state museum is taken just before I went to the Taman Tamadun and the Masjid Kristal as potrayed in the articles Taman Tamadun Islam (The Islamic civilisation park) of Terengganu... and Masjid Kristal (The Crystal Mosque)... Built for genuine worship or just to impress? So I made it a point to visit the museum later...

However, right after visiting the Masjid Kristal, I got a lift straight to Kampung Paloh where I did my afternoon prayers at the mosque of Tokku Paloh, named after a deceased venerable religious scholar of saintly status... The mosque is actually sandwiched between lands belonging to the museum. Here is part of the museum complex seen from beside the Tokku Paloh mosque...


When I'm done at the mosque, it's time to enter the museum, through it's backyard entrance that is... There, once could see a few Malay traditional houses as part of the museum exhibits, transported from elsewhere such as this...


I have always admired this house which sits just beside the Tokku Paloh mosque but in my latest visit on the 30th March 2008 only did I bother to find out the history of the house...


Here is another Malay traditional house on display...


Pass one or two more houses and you could see the museum's main hall beckoning...


Time to enter...


Now, I just wanted to have a quick look especially of some of the new exhibits under the theme Jawi history or something... Then I saw these tombstones, Aceh-type tombstones and just couldn't resist...


What made me excited was this particular Aceh tombstone... I found out that the stone was originally used to mark the tomb of a certain woman whose tomb I happened to have just visited earlier the same day! Her name is Tengku Maimunah binti (daughter of) Sultan Ahmad and I have posted a picture of her tomb (with new tombstone) along with some others in the article Masjid Tokku Tuan Besar dan makam-makam di belakangnya (The mosque of Tokku Tuan Besar and the tombs behind it) made in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) last night...

Since I've started taking pictures, might as well took some of the other exhibits... This vest with Quranic verse woven on it looks interesting...


The notice below says it is a vest worn by warriors as a sort of talisman for protection in wars...


Hmm... I think a lot of readers recognise what this is...


The unique Malay dagger known as the keris and its many variations are quite famous all over the world at least among martial-arts enthusiasts.


Time to leave the museum...


This staircase and the buildings beside are also part of the complex. For the record, the Terengganu state museum is the biggest museum in Malaysia! And for the record too, this is my 191th posting in this blogspot. Good night! :]

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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http://sejarahnagarakedah.blogspot.com/

segala persoalan mengenai, acheh, kedah, siam, semenanjung melaka terjawab. kita telah ditipu bulat-bulat oleh british.

Radzi Sapiee said...

Wassalam. Saya sendiri dah lama baca dah. Ada bahagian yang bagus tetapi ada bahagian yang saya nampak adalah silap tafsir terhadap buku Undang-undang Kedah kerana mahu menampilkan sejarah yang membesarkan keluarga sendiri. Termasuk dalam salah tafsiran ini adalah meletakkan Kedah dan Siam sebagai entiti utama memimpin kerajaan Melayu seNusantara lalu sejarah kebesaran Melaka pula cuba diperkecilkan kononnya, kebesaran Melaka itu cuma karangan sejarah seorang kerabat diraja Kedah yang dipanggil Marhum Melaka yang pro-British begitu...
Maka itu baca dengan matahati terbuka... Bandingkan juga dengan hikayat-hikayat lama seperti Hikayat Aceh, Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai, Sulalus Salatin (Sejarah Melayu) karangan Tun Sri Lanang, Tajus Salatin, Bustanus Salatin, Tuhfat al-Nafis dan sebagainya... Jangan jadi bodoh sampai menganggap semua cerita Melayu klasik ini sebagai rekaan Barat tetapi pada masa yang sama menganggap Undang-undang Kedah yang naskahnya baru diperolehi daripada Barat beberapa tahun ini lalu ditransliterasi daripada Jawi kepada Rumi oleh Maryam Salim adalah muktamad... Kalau muktamad pun perhatikan tafsiran... Mana mungkin buku teks undang-undang yang mengambil kes serta rujukan perlaksanaan undang-undang di Kedah bermula abad ke 16 atau 17 seterusnya baru abad ke 18 boleh mengakhiri ceritanya dengan kata-kata buku itu siap ditulis pada tahun 222 Hijrah bersamaan 800an Masihi gitu. Maryam Salim setakat mencatat balik apa yang dia nampak sedangkan dia mengakui kemungkinan besar teks yang ditranliterasinya itu ada ketinggalan satu nombor pada tarikh 222 itu...
Apapun, hakikatnya kepimpinan akhir zaman paling afdal diterajui darah keturunan Ahlul Bait keturunan Nabi Muhammad SAW yang terang bapa bin bapa bin bapa sampai kepada samada Saidina Hassan atau Saidina Hussein, bukan kepada mana-mana maharaja Siam ataupun Cina dan sebagainya...
Itu sahaja. Sekian! :]

Anonymous said...

Salam MS,

Sayang agak kurang jelas gambar keris yg dipercayai milik Sultan Mahmud Mangkat dijulang. Bilahnya cantik, Keris Penyalang umumnya, sebagai salah satu alat kebesaran istana, mungkin juga keris kuasa anugerah istana kepada pegawai2 pemerintah.

Salamsss
-awanbadai-