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Southeast Asian Studies, 2020
This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, th... more This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, the networks’ adoption and adaptations of the Javanese Panji epic, and what these innovations reveal about the form of cosmopolitanism that existed until the late Bangkok period. While windows into what we refer to as Siamese cosmopolitanism have been reconstructed by historians in accounts of Persian, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Chinese, and Japanese mercantile networks, our treatment of this important topic expands the units of analysis to include Thai literary networks. Davisakd Puaksom’s excellent doctoral dissertation piqued our interest in Panji’s Siamese adoptions and adaptations, but we set ourselves the task of exploring the utility of Ronit Ricci’s Islam Translated, which analyzes Tamil, Javanese, and Malay sources for Thai studies. We pursue a comparative approach to Southeast Asian historiography in ways that increase the dialogue between Thai studies specialists and members of the Malay Studies Guild. Having described the most important Thai version of this Javanese epic produced by Siamese literary networks from the Ayutthaya through to the late Bangkok period, we consider the principal historical personalities and processes that brought Panji to cosmopolitan Ayutthaya. After providing details about the presence of Javanese individuals and influences in both Ayutthaya and Patani, we introduce insights provided by literary scholars and historians concerning the notoriously ambiguous terms “Java/Jawah/Javanese” and “Malay/Melayu.” These form the foundation for putting forward arguments about Ayutthaya having fostered forms of cosmopolitanism resembling the fluid linguistic and cultural milieu that flourished in other Southeast Asian port polities.
Papers by Srawut AREE
Manusya, Apr 13, 2022
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.
Studia Islamika
This article fills some of the gaps in the secondary literature about the growing Muslim presence... more This article fills some of the gaps in the secondary literature about the growing Muslim presence in the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya during the mid-sixteenth century. It does so by reconstructing the arrival of Tok Takia, a miracle-working Sufi missionary who arrived from somewhere in the Indian subcontinent. The study begins with a description of the Tok Takia Complex which consists of a mosque that once was a Buddhist temple and a maqam where Tok Takia was buried in 1579 before introducing references to the former in Thai primary sources. Before dealing with details about Qadriyyah presence across the Bay of Bengal, this research reconstructs the geopolitical and commercial developments from the late fifteenth century contributing to the growth of Muslim—and specifically, Kling Muslims—presence in Ayutthaya mentioned in a range of Siamese and Portuguese primary sources. This paper presents reasons for suggesting that Tok Takia’s missionary activism was connected to the Nagore-e-S...
Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
Reforms in Islamic Education : International Perspectives
Reforms in Islamic Education, 2014
Researchers World : International Refereed Social Sciences Journal, Feb 4, 2021
Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia, 2022
TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
This article reconstructs the history of Kling Muslims’ contribution to the religious and ethnic ... more This article reconstructs the history of Kling Muslims’ contribution to the religious and ethnic cosmopolitanism of sixteenth-century Ayutthaya. This study's argument is constructed based on an aggregate of written fragments about the Kling in both Portuguese primary sources and the wider academic literature. We reveal that, amongst the many ways in which Siam benefited from the Iberian invasion of Melaka in 1511, the dramatic geopolitical rupture of the invasion re-routed trade across the Bay of Bengal. As a result, Kling merchants began arriving in Ayutthaya in greater numbers via the new network of Siamese-controlled ports and portages. Moreover, this study demonstrates the utility of greater synergy among South Asian, Southeast Asian, Thai, and Malay Studies through focusing on the exonyms employed in primary and secondary sources. Finally, this article contends that Ayutthaya's ethnic and religious cosmopolitanism was impacted by the arrival of South Asian Muslims, refe...
Studia Islamika, 2020
This article explores the historical and contemporary importance of Makkah and the hajj for Malay... more This article explores the historical and contemporary importance of Makkah and the hajj for Malays in South Thailand. Our multi-disciplinary approach examines relevant historiographies, the insights of Islamic Studies scholars, and ethnographic data collected in Pattani’s provincial capital. We point out that in the outputs produced by literary networks located in Sumatra and the portion of Thai/Malay Peninsula once referred to as the Malay Sultanate of Pattani, references to Makkah were early to appear. Malays from Pattani may have primarily travelled to Makkah to perform the hajj, but following Pattani’s subjugation by Bangkok in the late 18th century, Makkah functioned as a refuge. Following a description of the prerequisites, preparations, and performances of the hajj in present-day Pattani, we identify and discuss motivations of fulfilment, forgiveness, and merit-making. We argue through our exploration of these historical, ethnographic, and theological factors that Makkah is m...
The Muslim world is in the midst of a dilemma due to the dualism in education systems. In respons... more The Muslim world is in the midst of a dilemma due to the dualism in education systems. In response several scholarly initiatives have emerged to ensure the necessary balance between the secular and religious curricula through integration. Integrated Islamic education has been implemented in southern Thailand and several states of northern Malaysia to address varied requirements of these states. This research attempts to compare the reforms and challenges faced by these two neighboring countries in implementing an integrated Islamic curriculum mainly in medium level schools. Both documentary research and semi-structured interview methods have been used to collect data. The research has identified the underlining differences in the contexts, implementation, and extent of the integrated Islamic curriculum in the two countries. It has revealed the qualitative aspects of the integration, which aim to forge a link between developing a responsive citizen and a better religious person. It h...
This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, th... more This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, the networks' adoption and adaptations of the Javanese Panji epic, and what these innovations reveal about the form of cosmopolitanism that existed until the late Bangkok period. While windows into what we refer to as Siamese cosmopolitanism have been reconstructed by historians in accounts of Persian, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Chinese, and Japanese mercantile networks, our treatment of this important topic expands the units of analysis to include Thai literary networks. Davisakd Puaksom's excellent doctoral dissertation piqued our interest in Panji's Siamese adoptions and adaptations, but we set ourselves the task of exploring the utility of Ronit Ricci's Islam Translated, which analyzes Tamil, Javanese, and Malay sources for Thai studies. We pursue a comparative approach to Southeast Asian historiography in ways that increase the dialogue between Thai studies specialists and members of the Malay Studies Guild. Having described the most important Thai version of this Javanese epic produced by Siamese literary networks from the Ayutthaya through to the late Bangkok period, we consider the principal historical personalities and processes that brought Panji to cosmopolitan Ayutthaya. After providing details about the presence of Javanese individuals and influences in both Ayutthaya and Patani, we introduce insights provided by literary scholars and historians concerning the notoriously ambiguous terms "Java/Jawah/Javanese" and "Malay/Melayu." These form the foundation for putting forward arguments about Ayutthaya having fostered forms of cosmopolitanism resembling the fluid linguistic and cultural milieu that flourished in other Southeast Asian port polities.
Thesis submitted for the award of the degree of ISoctor of ^t)ilogopi)p IN WEST ASIAN STUDIES (PO... more Thesis submitted for the award of the degree of ISoctor of ^t)ilogopi)p IN WEST ASIAN STUDIES (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
Researchers World : Journal of Arts, Science and Commerce, 2016
The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradication a... more The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradication and human development, which also addresses the cultural and civilizational cohesions in ASEAN (ASEAN, 2014). Success of such integration depends on the level of cooperation among the diverse cultural groups in ASEAN. The inspiration of specific religio-cultural norms and practices often dictates the inter-cultural cooperation. Islam as the most widely practiced religion in ASEAN inspires the success of ASCC. This paper provides an analysis of the potentials of Islamic values and cultural practices in ASEAN countries to materialize the ASCC. Since the focus of the ASCC is to realize the ASEAN community, it is important to assess the strategic objectives of the ASCC Blueprint and practical Islamic norms, namely the direction for cooperation, coexistence, and dialogue. The paper argues Islamic norms have historically provided stability and progress in various ASEAN nations. In recent global turmoil, Muslims in ASEAN countries have guarded intra-faith coexistence. Islam provides common understanding of values to its" ethnically and nationality varied followers located across ASEAN. The paper describes Muslims are proactively participating in the construction of ASEAN Community irrespective of their citizenry in the Muslim majority or minority countries. Through intensive documentary analysis and selected interviews, the paper identifies that Islamic values are in-line with the normative aspects required for the construction of ASCC. Islam dictates its members and inspires non-members to ascertain the common ground to create regional solidarity for a caring and sharing society by designing and shaping various practical programs across ASEAN.
The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradicati... more The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradication and human development, which also addresses the cultural and civilizational cohesions in ASEAN (ASEAN, 2014). Success of such integration depends on the level of cooperation among the diverse cultural groups in ASEAN. The inspiration of specific religio-cultural norms and practices often dictates the inter-cultural cooperation. Islam as the most widely practiced religion in ASEAN inspires the success of ASCC. This paper provides an analysis of the potentials of Islamic values and cultural practices in ASEAN countries to materialize the ASCC. Since the focus of the ASCC is to realize the ASEAN community, it is important to assess the strategic objectives of the ASCC Blueprint and practical Islamic norms, namely the direction for cooperation, coexistence, and dialogue. The paper argues Islamic norms have historically provided stability and progress in various ASEAN nations. In recent gl...
Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian Studies, 2020
This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, th... more This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, the networks’ adoption and adaptations of the Javanese Panji epic, and what these innovations reveal about the form of cosmopolitanism that existed until the late Bangkok period. While windows into what we refer to as Siamese cosmopolitanism have been reconstructed by historians in accounts of Persian, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Chinese, and Japanese mercantile networks, our treatment of this important topic expands the units of analysis to include Thai literary networks. Davisakd Puaksom’s excellent doctoral dissertation piqued our interest in Panji’s Siamese adoptions and adaptations, but we set ourselves the task of exploring the utility of Ronit Ricci’s Islam Translated, which analyzes Tamil, Javanese, and Malay sources for Thai studies. We pursue a comparative approach to Southeast Asian historiography in ways that increase the dialogue between Thai studies specialists and members of the Malay Studies Guild. Having described the most important Thai version of this Javanese epic produced by Siamese literary networks from the Ayutthaya through to the late Bangkok period, we consider the principal historical personalities and processes that brought Panji to cosmopolitan Ayutthaya. After providing details about the presence of Javanese individuals and influences in both Ayutthaya and Patani, we introduce insights provided by literary scholars and historians concerning the notoriously ambiguous terms “Java/Jawah/Javanese” and “Malay/Melayu.” These form the foundation for putting forward arguments about Ayutthaya having fostered forms of cosmopolitanism resembling the fluid linguistic and cultural milieu that flourished in other Southeast Asian port polities.
Manusya, Apr 13, 2022
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.
Studia Islamika
This article fills some of the gaps in the secondary literature about the growing Muslim presence... more This article fills some of the gaps in the secondary literature about the growing Muslim presence in the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya during the mid-sixteenth century. It does so by reconstructing the arrival of Tok Takia, a miracle-working Sufi missionary who arrived from somewhere in the Indian subcontinent. The study begins with a description of the Tok Takia Complex which consists of a mosque that once was a Buddhist temple and a maqam where Tok Takia was buried in 1579 before introducing references to the former in Thai primary sources. Before dealing with details about Qadriyyah presence across the Bay of Bengal, this research reconstructs the geopolitical and commercial developments from the late fifteenth century contributing to the growth of Muslim—and specifically, Kling Muslims—presence in Ayutthaya mentioned in a range of Siamese and Portuguese primary sources. This paper presents reasons for suggesting that Tok Takia’s missionary activism was connected to the Nagore-e-S...
Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
Reforms in Islamic Education : International Perspectives
Reforms in Islamic Education, 2014
Researchers World : International Refereed Social Sciences Journal, Feb 4, 2021
Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia, 2022
TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
This article reconstructs the history of Kling Muslims’ contribution to the religious and ethnic ... more This article reconstructs the history of Kling Muslims’ contribution to the religious and ethnic cosmopolitanism of sixteenth-century Ayutthaya. This study's argument is constructed based on an aggregate of written fragments about the Kling in both Portuguese primary sources and the wider academic literature. We reveal that, amongst the many ways in which Siam benefited from the Iberian invasion of Melaka in 1511, the dramatic geopolitical rupture of the invasion re-routed trade across the Bay of Bengal. As a result, Kling merchants began arriving in Ayutthaya in greater numbers via the new network of Siamese-controlled ports and portages. Moreover, this study demonstrates the utility of greater synergy among South Asian, Southeast Asian, Thai, and Malay Studies through focusing on the exonyms employed in primary and secondary sources. Finally, this article contends that Ayutthaya's ethnic and religious cosmopolitanism was impacted by the arrival of South Asian Muslims, refe...
Studia Islamika, 2020
This article explores the historical and contemporary importance of Makkah and the hajj for Malay... more This article explores the historical and contemporary importance of Makkah and the hajj for Malays in South Thailand. Our multi-disciplinary approach examines relevant historiographies, the insights of Islamic Studies scholars, and ethnographic data collected in Pattani’s provincial capital. We point out that in the outputs produced by literary networks located in Sumatra and the portion of Thai/Malay Peninsula once referred to as the Malay Sultanate of Pattani, references to Makkah were early to appear. Malays from Pattani may have primarily travelled to Makkah to perform the hajj, but following Pattani’s subjugation by Bangkok in the late 18th century, Makkah functioned as a refuge. Following a description of the prerequisites, preparations, and performances of the hajj in present-day Pattani, we identify and discuss motivations of fulfilment, forgiveness, and merit-making. We argue through our exploration of these historical, ethnographic, and theological factors that Makkah is m...
The Muslim world is in the midst of a dilemma due to the dualism in education systems. In respons... more The Muslim world is in the midst of a dilemma due to the dualism in education systems. In response several scholarly initiatives have emerged to ensure the necessary balance between the secular and religious curricula through integration. Integrated Islamic education has been implemented in southern Thailand and several states of northern Malaysia to address varied requirements of these states. This research attempts to compare the reforms and challenges faced by these two neighboring countries in implementing an integrated Islamic curriculum mainly in medium level schools. Both documentary research and semi-structured interview methods have been used to collect data. The research has identified the underlining differences in the contexts, implementation, and extent of the integrated Islamic curriculum in the two countries. It has revealed the qualitative aspects of the integration, which aim to forge a link between developing a responsive citizen and a better religious person. It h...
This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, th... more This article considers the curious case study of Thai literary networks in the late Ayutthaya, the networks' adoption and adaptations of the Javanese Panji epic, and what these innovations reveal about the form of cosmopolitanism that existed until the late Bangkok period. While windows into what we refer to as Siamese cosmopolitanism have been reconstructed by historians in accounts of Persian, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Chinese, and Japanese mercantile networks, our treatment of this important topic expands the units of analysis to include Thai literary networks. Davisakd Puaksom's excellent doctoral dissertation piqued our interest in Panji's Siamese adoptions and adaptations, but we set ourselves the task of exploring the utility of Ronit Ricci's Islam Translated, which analyzes Tamil, Javanese, and Malay sources for Thai studies. We pursue a comparative approach to Southeast Asian historiography in ways that increase the dialogue between Thai studies specialists and members of the Malay Studies Guild. Having described the most important Thai version of this Javanese epic produced by Siamese literary networks from the Ayutthaya through to the late Bangkok period, we consider the principal historical personalities and processes that brought Panji to cosmopolitan Ayutthaya. After providing details about the presence of Javanese individuals and influences in both Ayutthaya and Patani, we introduce insights provided by literary scholars and historians concerning the notoriously ambiguous terms "Java/Jawah/Javanese" and "Malay/Melayu." These form the foundation for putting forward arguments about Ayutthaya having fostered forms of cosmopolitanism resembling the fluid linguistic and cultural milieu that flourished in other Southeast Asian port polities.
Thesis submitted for the award of the degree of ISoctor of ^t)ilogopi)p IN WEST ASIAN STUDIES (PO... more Thesis submitted for the award of the degree of ISoctor of ^t)ilogopi)p IN WEST ASIAN STUDIES (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
Researchers World : Journal of Arts, Science and Commerce, 2016
The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradication a... more The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradication and human development, which also addresses the cultural and civilizational cohesions in ASEAN (ASEAN, 2014). Success of such integration depends on the level of cooperation among the diverse cultural groups in ASEAN. The inspiration of specific religio-cultural norms and practices often dictates the inter-cultural cooperation. Islam as the most widely practiced religion in ASEAN inspires the success of ASCC. This paper provides an analysis of the potentials of Islamic values and cultural practices in ASEAN countries to materialize the ASCC. Since the focus of the ASCC is to realize the ASEAN community, it is important to assess the strategic objectives of the ASCC Blueprint and practical Islamic norms, namely the direction for cooperation, coexistence, and dialogue. The paper argues Islamic norms have historically provided stability and progress in various ASEAN nations. In recent global turmoil, Muslims in ASEAN countries have guarded intra-faith coexistence. Islam provides common understanding of values to its" ethnically and nationality varied followers located across ASEAN. The paper describes Muslims are proactively participating in the construction of ASEAN Community irrespective of their citizenry in the Muslim majority or minority countries. Through intensive documentary analysis and selected interviews, the paper identifies that Islamic values are in-line with the normative aspects required for the construction of ASCC. Islam dictates its members and inspires non-members to ascertain the common ground to create regional solidarity for a caring and sharing society by designing and shaping various practical programs across ASEAN.
The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradicati... more The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC) reflects ASEAN's social agenda of poverty eradication and human development, which also addresses the cultural and civilizational cohesions in ASEAN (ASEAN, 2014). Success of such integration depends on the level of cooperation among the diverse cultural groups in ASEAN. The inspiration of specific religio-cultural norms and practices often dictates the inter-cultural cooperation. Islam as the most widely practiced religion in ASEAN inspires the success of ASCC. This paper provides an analysis of the potentials of Islamic values and cultural practices in ASEAN countries to materialize the ASCC. Since the focus of the ASCC is to realize the ASEAN community, it is important to assess the strategic objectives of the ASCC Blueprint and practical Islamic norms, namely the direction for cooperation, coexistence, and dialogue. The paper argues Islamic norms have historically provided stability and progress in various ASEAN nations. In recent gl...
Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia