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9789971693169
This book deconstructs a popular legend concerning a 1915 uprising against the British rule led by To Janggut, or Old Longbeard, in the Malay state of Kelantan. The story of To Jangguts rebellion is recounted in folk tales, newspaper reports and scholarly publications, and the author uses previously classified official reports and hitherto unknown photographs to shed further light on the episode.Cheah Boon Kheng is the author of 'To' Janggut: Legends, Histories, And Perceptions of the 1915 Rebellion in Kelantan', published 2006 under ISBN 9789971693169 and ISBN 997169316X.
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