History Books on the Melayu (Malay)
The New Google Sites version is available at /yala-melayu/history-books-melayu.
There are some wonderful e-publications on the History of the Malays as free e-books. I have selected chapters from certain books which you can read here (with added annotations on the column beside). Enjoy!
Menangkabau, Origin of the Malays : excerpt source= "History of Sumatra" - William Marsden, 1811 - pG / Gb
Review of "Malay Annals" by Dr John Leyden : excerpt source= "Monthly Review : vol. 98 (May to August 1822)" - Ralph Griffiths - Gb
4 snippets from Malay Annals : excerpt source= "Malay Annals" - translated by Dr. John Leyden, 1821 Gb, NLBS
Founder of Malay Royalty and his Conquest of Saktimuna, the Serpent : excerpt source= "JMBRAS vol. 4" - Richard Olof Winstedt, 1926 IA
Genealogy of the Rajahs of Pulo Percha (Sumatra) : excerpt source= "Malayan Miscellanies" - 1822 vol II
Collection of descriptions of Malacca & the Malay Peninsula
Bas relief at Borobudur.
Reference Books:
"Embassy to China" - an authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China", 1797 - (Sir) George Staunton (Baronet) ; complete, vol.1, vol.1, vol.2, vol.2, vol.3, vol.3, vol.1
Fasciculi Malayenses : Itinerary IA ; Anthropology, pt 1 IA IA IA, pt 2 IA ; Zoology, pt 1 IA IA, pt 2 IA, pt 3 IA, pt 4 IA
"Hikayat Abdullah" - Munshi Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, 1849 / translation by JT Thomson IA Nat.Uni.Singapore IA
"History of Malaya, AD 1400-1959" - Joseph Kennedy, 1962 IA
"Malay Archipelago, the"- by Alfred Russel Wallace : land of the orang-utan & bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man & nature; Volume 1, c.1865 pG IA IA+ Volume 2, c.1865 pG -/- On the Varieties of Man, Ethno. Soc. London Vol.3, 1865 IA -/- Anthro. Review Vol.7, 1869 IA -/- On the Physical Geography of; R. Geog. Soc. Lond Vol.7, 1862 IA + Vol.33, 1863 IA.
"Malayan Peninsula" - Embracing Its History, Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, Politics, Natural History, etc. from Its Earliest Records - PJ Begbie, DM Bannerjee , 1834 Gb IA
"Map to illustrate the Siamese question" - account of the origin & progress of siamese influence in the malay peninsula 1785 to 1882 - FA Swettenham, W & AK Johnston , 1893 IA
"Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien" (Old and New East-Indies), 1726 - (Reverend) Francois Valentyn - Vol 1 IA, Vol 2 IA, Vol 3 IA, Vol 5 IA
"Poetical remains of the late Dr. John Leyden": with memoirs of his life - (rev) James Morton, 1819 IA, {Malay Annals appended after pg 415}
"Political & Commercial Considerations Relative to the Malayan Peninsula" & the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca - John Anderson, 1824 IA IA
"Political & statistical account of the British settlements in the Straits of Malacca" - (Lieut) T J Newbold, 1839, BerlinStateLib vol 1 Gb & vol 2 Gb IA
"Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation", vol. 2, vol. 9, vol. 10, - part of Hakluytus (Richard Hakluyt) Posthumus -or- Purchas His Pilgrimes 1625 - (Reverend) Samuel Purchas
"Supplement to the Voyage round the World" - William Dampier, 1699 IA, 1729 IA
"Voyage aux Indes Orientales" - Pierre Sonnerat, 1782 IA ; 1806 IA ; 1802-6 - (Adjutant-Captain) C. T. Tombe review p.505
"Voyages to the East-Indies", vol. 2 1774-5, vol. 3 1775-8 - (Rear Admiral) Johan Splinter Stavorinus
Maharaja Adityavarman portrayed as a Bhairava, standing on a folded body encircled by skulls.
Apsara sculpted on wall of Borobudur.
Short Sections:-
Among the Malays - WH Daveport Adams -from- "Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions" 1882 pG IA IA IA ch.7
Magic of the Malays -from- "Asiatic Journal, vol. 11" 1821 Gb Gb Gb pg 456
Malay Demons And Witches -from- Galignani's 1820 "Repertory" Gb p61 or "Literary Gazette" Gb p61 / "Atheneum"Gb p139
Malay Pirates -from- "Pirates Own Book" - by Charles Ellms, 1837 Gb pg 215
Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca -by- WP Groeneveldt -from- "Miscellaneous papers relating to Indo-China and the Indian archipelago"-by- Rost, Reinhold, 1887 - vol 1 IA p.126 (vol.1, vol.2)
Religion & Magic among the Malays of the Patani States -by- N Annandale, H C Robinson, 1904 -from- "Fasciculi Malayenses"; anthropological and zoological results of an expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-2 IA pg21
Wild Superstitions of the Malays -from- "Sketches of Imposture, Deception and Credulity" RA Davenport, 1837 Gb pg72
Online Books:-
"About Perak" - Frank A Swettenham, 1893 IA
"Adventures of John Smith in Malaya, 1600-1605" - A Hale, 1909 IA
"Among Malay Pirates": a tale of adventure and peril - by George A. Henty pG
"Apa Suka, Tuan" : Malay stories - John Angus, IA
"Autobiography of Munshi Abdullah" - William G Shellabear, 1918 IA IA
"Blockade of Quedah", my journal in Malayan waters - Sherard Osborn, 1860 IA
"Blown to Bits": the lonely man of Rakata - by R. M. Ballantyne, 1894 pG / pG
"Borneo & the Indian Archipelago" - by Frank Marryat, 1848 pG IA IA IA IA
"British Malaya" : an account of the origin & progress of British influence in Malaya by Frank A Swettenham, 1907 IA IA IA IA IA IA
"British North Borneo" - (Sir) Walter H Medhurst, 1885 IA
"British North Borneo" - LWW Gudgeon, 1913 IA
"British North Borneo", history, resources & native tribes - Owen Rutter, 1922 IA
"Bygone Selangor"; a souvenir - Rimba (C Baxendale), 1922 IA
"Bygone Perak"; a souvenir - Rimba, 1920 Gb
"Chersonese with the Gilding off" - Emily Innes, 1885 Vol.1 IA Vol.2 IA
"Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido": for the suppression of piracy - by Henry Keppel and James Brooke, 1846 pG IA
"Five Years in China" : from 1842 to 1847 (Labuan & Borneo) - by (Lieut) F E Forbes (RN), 1848 Gb
"Golden Chersonese" & the Way Thither - by Isabella L. Bird, 1892 pG Gb
"History of the Indian Archipelago": Containing an account of the manners, arts, languages, religions, institutions, & commerce of its inhabitants - by John Crawfurd, 1820 - Vol 1 (Book 1-4) IA, Vol 2 (Book 5-7) IA, Vol 3 (Book 8-9) Gb
"In a Corner of Asia" : being tales & impressions of men & things in the Malay peninsula - by Hugh Clifford, 1899 IA
"In Court and Kampong" : tales & sketches of native life in the Malay peninsula - by (Sir) Hugh Charles Clifford, 1897 pG IA
"In the Hands of the Malays", & other stories - by G. A. Henty - pG
"In Malay Forests" - (Sir) William George Maxwell, 1911 IA
"Johol, Inas, Ulu Muar, Jempul, Gunong, Pasir and Terachi"; their history and constitution - J E Nathan, R O Winstedt 1920 IA
"Kelantan : a state of the Malay Peninsula", a handbook of information - Walter A Graham, 1908 IA
"Letters from Sarawak" - Henriette McDougall, 1854 IA
"Lord Jim" - Joseph Conrad, 1905 Gb
"Lost Times and Untold Tales from the Malay World" 2009 Gb
"Magic of Malaya" - Cuthbert W. Harrison 1874 IA
"Malay Magic", folklore and popular religion of the Malay peninsula - Walter W Skeat, 1900 IA IA
"Malay Magician" : Shaman, Saiva & Sufi - Richard O. Winstead, 1924 Gb Sacred-Texts Gb Gb
"Malaya : the Straits Settlements and the Federated and Unfederated Malay States" - R O Winstedt, 1923 IA
"Malaya and its history" - Richard Winstedt, 1951 IA
"Malayan Literature": comprising romantic tales, epic poetry & royal chronicles - translated by Chauncey C. Starkweather pG IA
"Malayan Memories" - Richard O Winstedt, 1916 IA
"Malayan Monochromes" - Hugh C Clifford, 1913 IA, IA, IA, IA
"Malays, the; Cultural History, a" - by R O Winstedt, 1947 IA
"Manual of the Malay language, a" - by (Sir) William Edward Maxwell, 1907 pG IA
"My Friends the Savages" : notes & observations of a Perak settler - by Giovanni Battista Cerruti, 1908 pG IA
"My Journal in Malayan Waters": Blockade of Quedah - (capt) Sherard Osborn, 1860 IA IA IA
"My Life in Sarawak" - (Lady) Margaret Brooke IA
"New Ceylon", sketch of Sabah - Joseph Hatton, 1881 IA
"On the Equator" - by Harry De Windt, c.1883 pG
"Panglima Muda", a romance of Malaya - Rounsevelle Wildman, 1894 IA
"Papers on Malay Subjects : History" - pt.1 : Events Prior to British Ascendency, pt.2 : Notes on Perak History" - Richard J Wilkinson, 1908 IA
"Papers on Malay Subjects : Law - pt.1 : Introductory Sketch" - Richard J Wilkinson, 1908 IA
"Papers on Malay Subjects : Life & Customs - pt.1 : Incidents of Malay Life" - R J Wilkinson, R O Winstedt & Yahya, 1908 - IA
"Papers on Malay Subjects : Life & Customs - pt.2 : Circumstances of Malay Life" - R J Wilkinson, R O Winstedt & Yahya, 1909 - IA
"Papers On Malay Subjects : Malay Literature - pt.2 Folklore" - R O Winstedt, 1923 IA
"Penang Pirate" &, the lost pinnace - by John Conroy Hutcheson pG
"Perak and the Malays" ; Sarong & Kris - by John F A McNair, 1878 IA
"Race and Custom in the Malay Archipelago" - Margaretta Morris, IA
"Rajahate of Sarawak", 1875 IA
"Real Malay" : pen pictures - Frank A Swettenham, 1900 IA IA IA IA
"Saleh" : a sequel by Hugh Clifford, 1908 IA
"Sally" : a study and other tales of the outskirts by Hugh Clifford, 1904 IA
"Siam in the Malay Peninsula": short account of the position of Siam in the states of Kelantan, Patani, Legeh & Siam by RD Davies, 1902 IA
"Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak" - by Henriette McDougall, c.1882 pG IA
"Tales of the Malayan Coast" - by Rounsevelle Wildman, 1899 pG
"Ten Years in Sarawak" - Charles Brooke, 1866 IA
"Trapped by Malays": a tale of bayonet & kris - by George Manville Fenn pG
"Where the Strange Trails Go Down" - by E. Alexander Powell, 1921 pG
pG = Project Gutenberg / Gb = Google books / IA = Internet Archive
Useful Web-Sites:-
"Malaya" - by Sabri Zain
"Malay Concordance Project" - with text search
"Sulatus Salatin : Sejarah Melayu" - at MyManuSkrip (Digital Library of Malay Manuscripts)