KELANTAN

kəlănˈtən, kəlänˌtänˈ, state (1991 pop. 1,207,684), 5,780 sq mi (14,970 sq km), central Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, on the South China Sea. It is bordered on the N by Thailand. The capital is Kota Baru. It is drained by the Kelantan River (c.150 mi/240 km long), which flows into the South China Sea. Rice, the most important commercial crop, is grown on the wide coastal plains; other products are rubber and copra. Tin, gold, manganese, and iron are mined on a small scale in the hills of the interior. The people are mainly Malay, but there is a small Chinese minority. Kelantan was ruled by Sri Vijaya until the 13th cent.; it fell under the sway of Malacca (see Melaka) in the 15th cent. After the fall of Malacca (1511), conflict among many powers resulted eventually in the establishment by Siam of sovereignty over the area (early 19th cent.). Kelantan became a protectorate of Great Britain in 1909. Before the establishment of the Federation of Malaya (1948), Kelantan was classed as one of the Unfederated Malay States. See Malaysia.

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books on: Kelantan  - 331 results

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1.
Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant Economy
Book by Raymond Firth; Routledge, 1998
...soon after dawn, about 10 miles off the Kelantan coast. frontispiece MALAY FISHERMEN...OF THE INDUSTRY IN TWO MALAY STATES (KELANTAN AND TRENGGANU) . . . . . . . 28...The Perupok Area, Kelantan...
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Land, People, and Economy in Malaya
Book by Jin-Bee Ooi; Longmans, 1963
Subjects: Malaysia
...20. A typical landscape in the Kelantan delta 161...22. Winnowing padi in the Kelantan delta 192...34. Logs being floated down the Kelantan River 264...
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A Short History of Malaysia: Linking East and West
Book by Virginia Matheson Hooker; Allen & Unwin, 2003
Subjects: Malaysia--History
...before the 19th century, only in the coastal areas of Kedah and Kelantan was wet-rice grown on any considerable scale. Protein needs...the east and from the west coasts of the Peninsula along the Kelantan River and its main tributaries across to Perak Bernam and...
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Government and Society in Malaysia
Book by Harold Crouch; Cornell University Press, 1996
Subjects: Malaysia--Politics And Government, Malaysia--Social Conditions
...control of the state governments in Kelantan and Terengganu, the two states where...Terengganu in 1961, it retained its hold on Kelantan and was also able to establish strong...parties to gain representation in the Kelantan and Penang state governments, which...
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The Economic Development of Malaya
Book; Johns Hopkins Press, 1955
Subjects: Malay Peninsula--Economic Conditions
...Federal Council. The other five States Johore, Trengganu, Kelantan, Kedah and Perlis , while administered with the aid and advice...rice bowl" areas of Perlis, Kedah, Province Wellesley, Kelantan and Trengganu, is also important in the agriculture of most...
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journal articles on: Kelantan  - 93 results

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The December 2005 Pengkalan Pasir By-Election in Kelantan, Malaysia: An Election with a Difference
Journal article by Abdul Rashid Moten; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 28, 2006
Subjects: Elections--Analysis, Islamic Party (Malaysia)--Influence, Malaysia--Elections
...December 2005 Pengkalan Pasir By-Election in Kelantan, Malaysia: An Election with a Difference...as the Pengkalan Pasir by-election in Kelantan, Malaysia, may serve a critical function...garnering 55 per cent of popular votes. In Kelantan, a largely agricultural state in the...
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Constructing an Islamic Model in Two Malaysian States: PAS Rule in Kelantan and Terengganu
Journal article by Jan Stark; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 19, 2004
Subjects: Islam and politics, Islamic Party (Malaysia)--Political activity, Malaysia--Political aspects
...in Two Malaysian States: PAS Rule in Kelantan and Terengganu. by Jan Stark...democracy" in the two east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu. PAS has governed these...society. By winning the elections in Kelantan in 1990s, however, PAS could afford to...
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Religion, Cultural Identity, and Kelantan's Dikir Barat
Journal article by Carolyn Brennan; The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 12, 2001
Subjects: Anthropology, Culture, Government, Islam, Kelantan Malaysia, Performing arts, Social impact
Religion, Cultural Identity, and Kelantans Dikir Barat by Carolyn Brennan...the focus of the State Government of Kelantan as part of its process of cultural and...barat. They are found in the State of Kelantan, which is governed by the national opposition...
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Malaysia's Tenth Elections: Status Quo, Reformasi or Islamization?
Journal article by John Funston; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 22, 2000
Subjects: Anwar, Ibrahim--Political activity, Elections--Malaysia, Mahathir, Mohamad--Political activity, Malaysia--Elections, Political reform--Malaysia
...leader, and heads state governments in Kelantan and Terengganu. Introduction Initial...aside to criticize PAS, particularly Kelantan Mentri Besar Nik Aziz, and to defend...making him head of UMNO in PAS-controlled Kelantan state. Nonetheless, while Dr Mahathirs...
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Ethnohistorical Perspectives on Buddhist-Muslim Relations and Coexistence in Southern Thailand: From Shared Cosmos to the Emergence of Hatred?
Journal article by Alexander Horstmann; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 19, 2004
Subjects: Buddhism--Social aspects, Islam and politics--Social aspects, Islam and politics--Thailand, Islam--Social aspects, Islam--Thailand, Lamaism--Social aspects, Religious tolerance, Thailand--Religious aspects
...the Middle East. Patani in Thailand and Kelantan on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia...Thai and Malay groups. Wayang kulit in Kelantan, and manora and hang talung in Nakhon...more conservative religious elements in Kelantan and is discouraged by the party controlling...
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The Penalties of Apostasy in Malaysia
Magazine article by Roger Kershaw; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Winter 2008
Subjects: Apostasy--Laws, regulations and rules, Islamic law, Malaysia--Political aspects, Malaysia--Religious aspects, Malaysia--Social aspects, Malaysians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Malaysians--Religious aspects, Muslims in Malaysia--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Muslims in Malaysia--Religious aspects, Muslims--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Muslims--Civil rights, Yoga--Laws, regulations and rules
...PAS not only strengthened its hold in Kelantan State but won power in Trengganu. However...Trengganu and only just scraped back in Kelantan. This clearly had a connection with Abdullahs...complementing the earlier legislation in Kelantan (1993). However, in 2003 KeADILan achieved...
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Riding the Islamic Tiger in Malaysia
Magazine article by Roger Kershaw; Contemporary Review, Vol. 282, February 2003
Subjects: Islam and politics, Mahathir, Mohamad--Planning, Malaysia--Political aspects
...won control of two east-coast States, Kelantan and Trengganu. The basic appeal of the...fraught elections of 1969, PMIP only won Kelantan. For UMNO during the 1970s a much more...resulted in being manoeuvred out of the Kelantan Government in 1977. It was thus a considerable...
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Islamic Leaders Show Way
Magazine article by Ganesh Sahathevan; Business Asia, Vol. 8, March 3, 2000
...control of the states of Terrengganu and Kelantan in Malaysia. However, those same market...the same time, it retained control of Kelantan. In Terrengganu over the past two months...performance in administering the states of Kelantan and Terrengganu will determine whether...
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What Mahathir Has Wrought
Magazine article by David Martin Jones; The National Interest, Spring 2000
Subjects: Malaysia--Politics and government, Political corruption--Analysis, Political parties--Malaysia, Social contract--Evaluation
...and political etiquette. The son of a Kelantan schoolmaster of Indian Islamic extraction...over control of the state government in Kelantan, together with the impact of Islamic...regional control of the government of Kelantan and, after elections in 1999, has extended...
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Islamists Defeat Asian Way
Magazine article by David Martin Jones, Michael L. R Smith; The World Today, Vol. 58, June 2002
Subjects: Islam, Southeast Asia
...fundamentalist line and imposed Sharia-style discipline in the states of Kelantan and Trengganu that it governs. In late September, the PAS...ends, if not the means, of Al Qaeda, whilst the son of the Kelantan chief minister is a prominent figure in the KMM. Meanwhile...
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newspaper articles on: Kelantan  - 27 results

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Off the Record
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 4, 2005
...another of these innovations from the Far East that we might want to copy here. Or then again, we might not TheMalaysian state of Kelantan is holding a lullaby contest for wives who sing their husbands to sleep. The states chief minister, Nik Aziz Nik Mat, said...
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Preachers Face Whipping; World in Brief
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 27, 2007
...who try to convert Muslims to other religions could face whipping, a fine and long prison terms in north-east Malaysia. The Kelantan state legislature, ruled by conservative Islamics, raised the highest penalty for proselytising to Muslims to five years in...
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No Comeback, Mahathir Says after Pepper Spray
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 30, 2006
...during a political tour to eastern Kelantan state. Mahathir was hit by pepper...shortly after he arrived Friday in Kelantan, the only state ruled by the hardline...Party (PAS). According to Bernama, Kelantans state police chief Zulkifli Abdullah...
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A Land Not Far Away
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 27, 2007
...rubber at this agro-products conference. Kelantan Open International Futsal, Kota Bharu...other ASEAN countries in Kota Bharu, Kelantan State in Northeastern Malaya. July 20...cultures. Colours Flavours of Malaysia in Kelantan Kelantan, on Malaysias east coasts, produces...
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Second Thoughts; New Page in Malaysian Politics
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 23, 2008
Subjects: Prime ministers--Political activity, Prime ministers--Political aspects
...seats in Kuala Lumpur and five of Malaysias 13 states to Barisan Alternative (BA), the opposition coalition. In addition to Kelantan, which it had controlled, BA captured Perak, Kedah, Selangor, and Penang, where the Prime Minister has his constituency. Gaining...
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encyclopedia articles on: Kelantan  - 5 results

 
 
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Kelantan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KELANTAN k lan t n, k lan tan , state (1991 pop. 1,207,684...Thailand. The capital is Kota Baru . It is drained by the Kelantan River (c.150 mi/240 km long), which flows into the South...are mainly Malay, but there is a small Chinese minority. Kelantan was ruled by Sri Vijaya until the 13th cent.; it fell...
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Malaysia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Perlis , Kedah , Pinang , Perak , Kelantan , Terengganu , Pahang , Selangor...hereditary rulers of Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri...through the Strait of Malacca. Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu, north of Malacca, became...
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Kota Baru
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Kota Baharu kot b har oo, city (1990 est. pop. 215,000), capital of Kelantan state, Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the South China Sea at the mouth of the Kelantan River. It has an important power station. It was seized by Japan (Dec...
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Malay Peninsula
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in 1909 the boundary between Siam and Malaya was fixed by Siams transfer to Great Britain of suzerainty over Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, and Terengganu. See Malaysia and Thailand for the later history of the peninsula. ____________________ Copyright...
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Thailand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...boundaries meant the surrender of its claims to Laos (1893) and parts of Cambodia (1907) and of its suzerainty over Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, and Terengganu (1909), on the Malay Peninsula. The Pattani sultanate (now Thailands three southern provinces), however, was...


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