Terengganu Inscription Stone
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A replica of the Terengganu Inscription Stone at the National Historical Museum in Kuala Lumpur.
Terengganu Inscription Stone (Malay: Batu Bersurat Terengganu) is the oldest artifact with Jawi writing on it. The inscriptions, which are in Malay, believed to be written on 22 February 1303.[1] The artifact proves that Islam reached Terengganu earlier than 1326 or 1386.
At the UNESCO International Advisory Committee meeting in Barbados on 13 July 2009, the 700-year-old inscribed stone was listed as an item eligible for world heritage recognition.[2][3]
It was accidentally discovered near Sungai Tersat at Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia by an Arab trader named Sayid Husin bin Ghulam al-Bokhari in 1899 after a flash flood hit Kuala Berang. The inscription on the stone proclaims Islam as the state religion of Terengganu.
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- Batu Bersurat Terengganu ( Inscribed Stone of Terengganu)
- (Malay) SEJARAH RINGKAS NEGERI TERENGGANU - gov.my
- Batu Bersurat Terengganu
- A Short History of Malaysia by Virginia Matheson Hooker Page 5 ISBN 1864489553
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