Ottomans, Turks, and Southeast Asia Peacock, A. C. S Primary Author Gallop, Annabel Teh Primary Author mixed material bibliography Oxford Oxford University Press 2015 monographic en English

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348 p Southeast Asia has long been connected by trade, religion and political links to the wider world across the Indian Ocean, and especially to the Middle East through the faith of Islam. However, little attention has been paid to the ties between Muslim Southeast Asia - encompassing the modern nations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and the southern parts of Thailand and the Philippines - and the greatest Middle Eastern power, the Ottoman empire. The first direct political contact took place in the 16th century, when Ottoman records confirm that gunners and gunsmiths were sent to Aceh in Sumatra to help fight against the Portuguese domination of the pepper trade. In the intervening centuries, the main conduit for contact between these two regions was the annual Hajj pilgrimage, and many Malay pilgrims from Southeast Asia spent long periods of study in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, which were under Ottoman control from 1517 until the early 20th century. During the period of European colonial expansion in the 19th century, once again Malay states turned to Istanbul for help. International relations Panislamism 956.0159780197265819 Podomoro University Digital Library 956.015 Pea f 2017.12.3050 My Library 956.015 Pea f From_Anatolia.jpg.jpg 3201 2018-01-24 10:03:18 2018-02-02 17:41:01 machine generated