The Orang Laut, or sea people, were alternately loyal subjects of Melaka and Johor, to where Singapore’s original inhabitants fled, and pirates who terrorised merchant ships.
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Singapore before colonisation: from Temasek to Singapura, destruction, and flight to Melaka and Johor
- Pre-Raffles history involves the Srivijayan and Majapahit empires, Portuguese and Dutch colonists, Acehnese, Bugis and Orang Laut
- New book Studying Singapore Before 1800 gauges the impact of early globalisation and ponders whether a lion gave Singapore its nickname
The Orang Laut, or sea people, were alternately loyal subjects of Melaka and Johor, to where Singapore’s original inhabitants fled, and pirates who terrorised merchant ships.
