The Malay sultanate of Malacca: a study of various aspects of Malacca in the 15th and 16th centuries in Malaysian history / Yusoff Iskandar

PART ONE: HISTORIOGRAPHY -- 1. Historical Sources on the Malacca Sultanate, 1400-1511 A.D -- 2. Sejarah Melayu: As a Creative Work and a Malay Historical Account on the Malay Sultanate of Malacca and the Problems Related to it -- 3. Sultan Mahmud Shah (of Kampar): An Interpretative Study from the Sejarah Melayu -- 4. The Traditional Links between Malacca and Siak as Seen through the Hikayat Siak or the Sejarah Raja-raja Melayu -- PART TWO: HISTORY -- 5. The Sultan of Malacca: the Problem of Genealogy -- 6. The Mystery of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah I of Malacca -- 7. The Seri Bija Diraja in the Tradition of the Great Lords of Malacca in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -- 8. The Administrative and Political System of Malacca -- 9. Reflections on Law in the Sultanate of Malacca -- 10. Islam in the Legal History of Malacca -- 11. The Trade and Shipping in the Malay Sultanate of Malacca -- 12. The Malacca Society, 1400-1511 A.D. -- 13. Epilogue: Malacca and Its Place in the Historical Traditions of the Nation and of the Region.