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Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press. Paris, Ed. London original Murmurings from the Muda Scheme, Aka- demika, 22, p. Webster ed. The Southeast Asian Environment. Ottawa, Ottawa University Press, p. General report of the Population Census, vol.

State Population Report Kedah. Kuala Lumpur. HALL, D. London, Macmillan. HALL, G. HILL, R. A Study in Historical Geography. Alor Setar. Kuala Lumpur, Pener- bit Universiti Malaya. Urban Bias in World Development. London, Temple Smith. Journal of the Indian Archipelago, 5, p. McGEE, T. London, G. London, Longman. Sejarah Alor Setar.

REID, A. XI, 2, p. Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. New Haven, Yale U. Journal of the Indian Archipelago, 4, p. Alor Setar, Kedah Historical Society, p. University of Malaya Press reprinted in WONG, I.

An Historical Geography of the State of Kedah before Unpublished M. Thesis, Univ. As pointed out by Lombard himself elsewhere , p. From the sources consulted here, it is not clear where this city of Kedah whose destruction was described by Beaulieu and quoted by Lombard was located.

Was it still on the Merbok estuary or was it already in the Kedah river basin, perhaps at its mouth? Was it Kuala Kedah? Hill also ponders on this issue , p. Until recently, the name of the capital of Kedah was generally spelled Alor Star. It is only over the last few years that the spelling has been more or less standardized to Alor Setar. According to Zaharah , p. However, according to Muhammad Hassan , p.

In A. Later on, during the 15th and 16th centuries, the construction of canals linking various forts and establishments in the plain was achieved until, around , the royal capital was moved to Naga, much closer to the site of Alor Setar.

The development of canals which were specifically meant to facilitate both the establishment of settlers ibid. Demikian-lah hal baginda itu» p. Over the origin and the nature of this suzerainety, cf.

Bonney, , p. The origin of the name of Alor Setar has been explained as follows « Alor Setar got its name from a rivulet and a tree. This rivulet is now a drain which can still be seen behind the Police Station.

The general contention was that there was a big tree at the mouth of this rivulet. This tree was called the 'stak' by the Malays. A long time ago, the Malays who came to trade in the vicinity of Alor Setar used to stop and tie their boats to the 'stak' tree.

On being asked where they had stopped, the general reply was «We stopped at the mouth of 'alor' meaning rivulet under the 'stak' tree. According to. Hill, , p. Thus, from to , the population of Alor Setar has grown from It should be noted that this figure of The percentages quoted have been drawn from Ooi, p.

The total employment figure is stated as Once these cases along with the «unknown» and «unclear» ones are deducted, the total stands at And an issue which is quite pertinent to contemporary Malaysian development debates.

I intend to write a paper to illustrate that point, under the tentative title of : «On the use and misuse of the peasantry : the case of the elusive Malay peasant». Plan 1. Kedah's search for an agricultural Capital [link] 2. Locational Factors in the Consolidation of Kedah's Capital [link] 2.

Hydrographical convergence [link] 2. Political and demographic convergence [link] 3. Liste des illustrations Fig.

The convergence on aAor Setar: hydrography and transport network [link] Fig. The convergence on Alor Setar : the muda irrigation scheme [link] Fig. The Balai Nobat [link] Photo 2. The evolution and ethnic composition of the population of Alor Setar [link]. Link Copied! Copy gift link. Sign up or log in to read this article in full. Sign up. Already have an account? Log in. Resend verification e-mail.