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Hikayat Tanah Hitu
The Hikayat Tanah Hitu is a Malay chronicle of Hitu on Ambon Island, written in the mid-17th century by Imam Rijali, a Hitu leader who fled the Dutch. It recounts the origins of Hitu's rulers, the coming of Islam and the wars against the Portuguese and the Dutch East India Company. It is one of the few indigenous histories of the Moluccas.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hikayat Tanah Hitu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hikayat-tanah-hitu
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