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Hikayat Raja Pasai
The Hikayat Raja Pasai is a Malay chronicle of the sultanate of Samudera Pasai in northern Sumatra, probably composed in the 14th century and among the oldest works of Malay literature. It tells of the founding of the kingdom and the conversion of its first ruler, Merah Silu, who took the name Malik al-Salih, and ends with Pasai's conquest by Majapahit.
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