. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. retion el the Asiatic-Races in Singa-pore. Xo. 1, Medical Students, by J. Argyll Campbell Hindustani Loan-words in Malay, by 11. 0. Winstedt Brandstetters Indonesian Linguistics by It. 0. Winstedt 69 Foliated Pattern in Malay Carving and Silvenvork, by JR. Contributions to our Knowledge of the Flora of Borneo. E. D. Merrill .. .. .. .. to The Folk-tales ol Indonesia and Indo-China, by 11. 0. Winstedt J . . . 119 Speech at the Ceremonial llaircutting of a Young Child. edited by 0. T. Dussek . . . Vil Gordonia, by I. H. Bur
. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. retion el the Asiatic-Races in Singa-pore. Xo. 1, Medical Students, by J. Argyll Campbell Hindustani Loan-words in Malay, by 11. 0. Winstedt Brandstetters Indonesian Linguistics by It. 0. Winstedt 69 Foliated Pattern in Malay Carving and Silvenvork, by JR. Contributions to our Knowledge of the Flora of Borneo. E. D. Merrill .. .. .. .. to The Folk-tales ol Indonesia and Indo-China, by 11. 0. Winstedt J . . . 119 Speech at the Ceremonial llaircutting of a Young Child. edited by 0. T. Dussek . . . Vil Gordonia, by I. H. Burkill .. .. .. .. 133 Xotes on Lipteroearps. Xo. 2. The Seedling and the Seed-production in some species of Shorea, by I. H. Burkill 161 Third part for the Year1918. Price to non-members$ STRAITS BRANCH ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. [No. 77] JOURNAL December, 1917 Sold at the Societys Rooms, Raffles Museum, Singapore, and by Messrs, William Wesley & son 82, Essex street, strand, london. w. c. PRINTED AT THE METHODIST PUBLISHING* HOUSE, SINGAPORE. [No. 77.] JOURNAL of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society December, 1917. SINGAPORE : Printed at the Methodist Publishing House 1917. The Advent of Muhammadanism in the MalayPeninsula and Archipelago. By E. 0. WlNSTEDT. Muhammad died in 632 By the year 915 Aral)traders had voyaged to Kedah, and it is related1 that they foundthere a, large and important port for trade. It is highly impro-bable that they made many converts; but undoubtedly some ofthem married native wives and Muhammadanism must have madeheadway in the port itself. In 1292 Mareo Polo visited Sumatra. He relates howhe found Muhammadans in the port of Perlak, but that the people■of Samudra2 and Pasai were still heathen. In Mareo Polos dayKedah had fallen from its previous estate as a trading port andPasai had taken its place. The Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai {J. S., S: No. 66, pp. 9-15) gives a story of Merah Silu rulerof Pasai marrying a daughte
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