... to colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka), beginning in the late seventeenth century, as exiles, slaves, and soldiers. Two storytelling contexts set in mid-to late nineteenth-century British Ceylon are discussed: the first centers on the Qur’anic tale of the prophet Nuh (Noah) and his ark, typically viewed...

..., History, and Language at the Australian National University. Her research interests include the history of Islam in Indonesia, Javanese and Malay manuscript cultures, and translation studies. Her most recent book is Banishment and Belonging: Exile and Diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka, and Ceylon (2019). Ileana...

... these multiple journeys: Malay exiles and soldiers reinvented themselves as they traversed the Indian Ocean to arrive in Ceylon, an unfamiliar land; they crossed from Dutch to British rule as imperial power structures shifted in the late eigh- teenth century; and they were Muslims in a predominantly Buddhist...

... Ceylon is instruc- tive in this context.44 De Alwis examines the ways in which the category of “respectability” mediates the relationship between nationalism and sexu- ality, drawing attention to the patriarchal formation...

....54 High mortality rates appeared to justify their claims: in early-twentieth-century Singapore, the mortality rate fluctuated between an enormous forty-four and fifty-one per thousand, higher than in India, Ceylon, or Hong Kong.55...

... the Asians (such as Sir John Kotelawla of Ceylon) held their tongues as Zhou En-Lai took a conciliatory posture. Richard Wright, at Bandung, was not taken with Powell, but he, too, seemed to miss the point when he claimed that Sukarno was “appealing...

... a call for a return to a “Singaporean Singapore,” echoing the call of the 1960s for a “Malaysian Malaysia”: “At this rate, there will be a long ethnic queue of Singapore citizens proclaiming Sikh identity, Jewish identity, Ceylon Tamil...

... of Nonviolence,” Independent (London), October 12, 1997. 36. Dalai Lama, Violence and Compassion: Dialogues on Life Today (New York: Random House, 2001). 37. Sanderson Beck, Tibet, Nepal, and Ceylon, 1800–1950 (Goleta, CA: World Peace Communi...