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Batu Bersurat Terengganu (Inscribed Stone of Terengganu)
Documentary heritage submitted by Malaysia and recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2009.
Year of submission: 2008
Link to Nomination Form


The Batu Bersurat, Terengganu or Inscribed Stone of Terengganu constitutes the earliest evidence of Jawi writing (writing based on Arabic alphabets) in the Malaya Muslim world of Southeast Asia. The Stone is a testimony to the spread of Islam offering an insight to the life of the people of the era as well as depicting the growing Islamic culture subsumed under a set of religious laws.


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          · Registered Heritage
          · Asia and Pacific
          · Malaysia
          · Memory of the World Register 2009