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Dr. Francis Buchanan

“I shall now add three dialects, spoken in the Burma empire, but evidently derived from the language of the Hindu nation. The first is that spoken by the Mohammedans, who have been long settled in Arakan, and who call themselves Rooinga `{`Rohingya`}`, or natives of Arakan.” A Comparative Vocabulary of Some of the Languages Spoken in the Burma Empire, p. 237, December 26, 1799

Dr. Francis BuchananScottish Geographer

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Buddhist or Muslim Rulers Models of Kingship in Arakan (Western Burma) in the Fourteenth to...
Introduction: Southeast Asianists have, over the past half-century, discussed in great detail issues related to the emergence of the state...
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Michel W. Charney’s Edition: A Comparative Vocabulary of Some of the Languages Spoken in the...
Early Article Reprint 1: Francis Buchanan published his “A Comparative Vocabulary of Some of the Languages Spoken in the Burma...
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Where Jambudipa and Islamdom Converged: Religious Change and the Emergence of Buddhist Communalism in Early...
Abstract: The historian of Southeast Asian Buddhism faces many questions regarding Buddhist identity. Using the case study of Arakan (western...
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