SABAH

säˈbä, state (1991 pop. 1,736,902), 28,417 sq mi (73,600 sq km), Malaysia, N Borneo, on the South China and Sulu seas. It is bordered on the south by Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). The capital is Kota Kinabalu; other significant towns are Sandakan and Victoria. The terrain is densely forested and mountainous; Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia's highest peak, is 13,455 ft (4,101 m) high. Forest products, petroleum, rubber, and copra are exported. Formerly called North Borneo or British North Borneo, it became a British protectorate in 1882. In 1963, it joined the Federation of Malaysia and assumed its present name. The Philippines have also claimed Sabah. A majority of the indigenous tribes are Roman Catholic.

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books on: Sabah  - 964 results

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North Borneo
Book by K. G. Tregonning; H. M. Stationery Off., 1960
Subjects: Sabah
...Queensland, 5 Quoin Hill, 228 -9 Raayat, party, 255 Radio Sabah, 129 -30 Raffles Museum, 129 Railway in N. Borneo, 99...1 Rundum Revolt, 163 -4 Rutter, Owen, 12 , 76 , 79 , 102 Sabah, 26 , 129 -30, 196 Sachsze, 98 -9, 124 Sacred Heart School...
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Stories of Democracy: Politics and Society in Contemporary Kuwait
Book by Mary Ann Tétreault; Columbia University Press, 2000
Subjects: Democratization--Kuwait, Kuwait--Politics And Government
...parliamentary candidacy, 117 19 ruling family Al Sabah , 34 40, 65 , 82 , 85 , 87 , 88 , 90 , 94 , 98...6 7 , 280n33 . See also Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah; Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah; Jabir III alAhmad al-Sabah; Jabir I al-Sabah...
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Kuwait: Dependency and Class in a Rentier State
Book by Jacqueline S. Ismael; University Press of Florida, 1993
Subjects: Kuwait--Economic Conditions, Kuwait--Social Conditions
...assignments: Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Finance and Economy Jabir al-Ali al-Salim al-Sabah, Electricity and Water Humud al-Zaid al...Justice KhalidAbdullah al-Salim al-Sabah, Customs and Ports Salim al-Ali al-Salim...
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Kuwait: Social Change in Historical Perspective
Book by Jacqueline S. Ismael; Syracuse University Press, 1982
Subjects: Kuwait--Economic Conditions, Kuwait--Social Conditions
...assignments: Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Finance and Economy Jabir al-Ali al-Salim al-Sabah, Electricity and Water Humud al-Zaid al...Justice Khalid Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah, Customs and Ports Salim al-Ali al-Salim...
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A Short History of Malaysia: Linking East and West
Book by Virginia Matheson Hooker; Allen & Unwin, 2003
Subjects: Malaysia--History
Sabah and the Penans of Sarawak, have more difficulty...illustrated in the political upheavals which Sabah experienced during the 1970s and 80s. During...identity among the non-Muslim peoples of Sabah. The Kadazans are the largest indigenous...
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journal articles on: Sabah  - 404 results

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Japanese Economic Activities in Sabah from the 1890s until 1941
Journal article by Sabihah Osman; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998
Subjects: Emigration and immigration--Political aspects, Immigrants--Economic aspects, Japan--Social policy, Japanese in foreign countries--Economic aspects, Sabah, Malaysia--Economic aspects
Japanese economic activities in Sabah from the 1890s until 1941. by Sabihah...major part in the economic development of Sabah since the 1890s. Japan was a source of...government to give serious consideration to Sabah as a potential destination for Japanese...
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Endangered Identity: Kadazan or Dusun in Sabah (East Malaysia)
Journal article by Anthony Reid; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: Ethnicity--Analysis, Group identity--Analysis, Indigenous peoples--Malaysia, Sabah, Malaysia--Social aspects
...Endangered identity: Kadazan or Dusun in Sabah (East Malaysia). by Anthony Reid Language...consensus among the indigenous peoples of Sabah (the northern comer of Borneo). At the...Peoples This is broadly the situation of Sabah. In the early years of this century its...
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Commodity Trade, Gift Exchange, and the History of Maritime Nomadism in Southeastern Sabah *
Journal article by Clifford Sather; Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 6, 2002
Subjects: Ceremonial exchange--Social aspects, Commodities--Social aspects, Maritime anthropology--Economic aspects, Nomadism, Sabah, Malaysia--Social aspects
...History of Maritime Nomadism in Southeastern Sabah *. by Clifford Sather Introduction Even...Laut, or Sama Dilaut, of southeastern Sabah, seeing them as players in a historical...4). In the east Malaysian state of Sabah, Sama/Bajau speakers number 354,000...
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Prestations and Affinity in a Bilateral Society: The Timugon Murut of Sabah, Malaysia
Journal article by Kielo Brewis, Sherwood G. Lingenfelter; Ethnology, Vol. 32, 1993
Subjects: Ceremonial exchange--Social aspects, Sabah, Malaysia--Social aspects, Social structure--Malaysia
...bilateral society: the Timugon Murut of Sabah, Malaysia. by Kielo Brewis , Sherwood...located in the southwest of the state of Sabah, East Malaysia, speak a dialect of the...water buffalo. Of the Murutic peoples of Sabah only the Timugon practice this custom...
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Sabah and Sarawak: the More Things Change the More They Remain the Same
Journal article; Southeast Asian Affairs, 2004
Subjects: Cities, Elections, Forecasts, Geographic profiles, Government, Legislation, Local government, Malaysia, Military policy, National security, Political parties, Politicians, Politics, Provinces, Public policy, Regions, Regulation
Sabah and Sarawak: the More Things Change the More They Remain the Same...Muslim-non-Muslim dichotomy found in peninsula politics. Sabah The two main features of Sabah politics have been political patronage and shifting loyalties...
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magazine articles on: Sabah  - 319 results

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Sabah: A Colorful, Diverse and Highly Unique Photographic Opportunity
Magazine article by Graeme R. Guy; PSA Journal, Vol. 74, January 2008
Subjects: Forest reserves, Forests and forestry--Malaysia, Forests--Malaysia, National parks, National parks and reserves, Rivers, Sabah, Malaysia--Description and travel
Sabah: A Colorful, Diverse and Highly Unique...by Graeme R. Guy ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Sabah, the second largest state in Malaysia...Sarawak to the southwest. The western part of Sabah is generally mountainous and contains the...
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Dr. Rasha Al-sabah on Women's Rights in Kuwait
Magazine article by Delinda C. Hanley; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 22, December 2003
Subjects: Al-Sabah, Rasha, Civil rights, Conferences, Equal rights, Gender, Government, International, International relations, Kuwait, Politics, Public officials, Women, Womens rights movement
Dr. Rasha Al-sabah on Womens Rights in Kuwait by Delinda C...Education Dr. Rasha AlSabah. Dr. Al-Sabah, who earned both an M.A. and Ph.D...to women. For three generations, Al-Sabah said, Kuwaiti women have held leadership...
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Tense Times for Kuwait's Man in Washington: With Bombs Falling in Kuwait's Backyard, Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah the Country's Ambassador to Washingon-Nervously Follows CNN Television News, Worried about the Effect This Latest Conflict Will Have on His Country
Magazine article by Larry Luxner; The Middle East, May 2003
Subjects: Diplomats--Attitudes, International relations--Evaluation, Iraq War, 2003, Kuwait--Political aspects, War--International aspects
...Kuwaits backyard, Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah the countrys ambassador to Washingon...citizens who are here in the US," Salem Al Sabah explained. "Weve established hotlines...development. They are my first priority." Al Sabah, who looks much younger than his 45 years...
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Though the World Intrudes - Preservation and Development in Sabah, Borneo
Magazine article by Janet Forman; World and I, Vol. 16, August 2001
Subjects: Borneo, Economic development--Environmental aspects, Environmental protection--Analysis
...Intrudes - Preservation and Development in Sabah, Borneo. by Janet Forman To the ears...Westerner, the din of the rain forest in Sabah is chaotic. But savvy locals can discern...not as odd as it may seem. The state of Sabah has been a trading center for more than...
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Kuwaiti Ambassador Sheikh Saud Nasir Al Sabah
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. IX, October 31, 1990
Subjects: Diplomacy, International relations, Kuwait, Personal profiles, Politics
...Kuwaiti Ambassador Sheikh Saud Nasir Al Sabah by Richard H. Curtiss Until Aug. 2...invaded his country, Sheikh Saud Nasir Al Sabah was well known to his diplomatic colleagues...Ambassador Mashat," said Ambassador Al Sabah during a joint appearance on ABCs "Nightline...
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newspaper articles on: Sabah  - 838 results

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The Sabah Deportations
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2008
The Sabah Deportations. With the foregoing as a background...situation of our Filipino brothers who are in Sabah, let me summarize the real politik in that...the said problem. First, is the fact that Sabah was given by the Sultan of Brunei to his...
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Misuari Resurrects Sabah Claim Issue
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 3, 2008
Misuari Resurrects Sabah Claim Issue. Moro National Liberation...resurrected the dormant -- or almost dead Sabah issue -- prompting the Moro Islamic Liberation...with challenge to Malaysia to bring the Sabah claim to the International Court of Justice...
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Blazing Sabah
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 9, 2011
Blazing Sabah. MANILA, Philippines -- The challenge...in the "Land Below the Wind" which is Sabah, Malaysia with only 500 Malaysian Ringgit...citys zero kilometer point located at the Sabah Tourism Building. Our first task was to...
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De Castro: Defer Deportation of OFWs from Sabah
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2008
...Castro: Defer Deportation of OFWs from Sabah. De Castro wrote a letter to Razak and...reintegration of thousands of Filipinos from Sabah. In his letter, De Castro said the deportation...for Filipinos who will be deported from Sabah. The measures include the repatriation...
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Sabah Is World's Top Eco-Tourism Spot
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2010
Subjects: Ecotourism--Protection and preservation
Sabah Is Worlds Top Eco-Tourism Spot. Sabah, Malaysia-The Malaysian state of Sabah has further bolstered its image as the worlds eco-tourism haven with the recent discovery of new wildlife species and its increased tourist arrivals.The...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sabah  - 15 results

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Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JABER AL-AHMAD AL-SABAH ja ber ar-akh mad a-saba , 1926 2006, emir...Kuwait (1977 2006). A member of Kuwaits ruling Sabah family, he was the third son of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (r. 1921 50). Beginning in the 1940s he...
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Sabah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SABAH sa ba, state (1991 pop. 1,736,902), 28,417 sq mi (73,600 sq...Malaysia and assumed its present name. The Philippines have also claimed Sabah. A majority of the indigenous tribes are Roman Catholic...
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Kuwait
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Mubarak line of the ruling al-Sabah family, serves as head of state. The...present ruling dynasty was established by Sabah abu Abdullah (ruled 1756 72). In the...emirate, with Emir Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah as its ruler. However, the British supplied...
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Malaysia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...320 sq km), comprising the states of Sabah and Sarawak (the former British colonies...Kinabalu (13,455 ft/4,101 m) in Sabah. The longest of the countrys many rivers...Kinabatangan (c.350 mi/560 km) in Sabah, and the Pahang (c.200 mi/320 km...
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Philippines, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...dispute with Britain over North Borneo (later Sabah), which Macapagal claimed had been leased...inherited the territorial dispute over Sabah; in 1968 he approved a congressional bill annexing Sabah to the Philippines. Malaysia suspended diplomatic...
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