Ketuanan Melayu

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Ketuanan Melayu (Jawi: کتوانن ملايو; lit. "Malay overlordship" or "Malay supremacy") is a political concept that emphasises Malay hegemony and preeminence in present-day Malaysia. The Malaysian Malays have claimed special position and rights owing to their longer history in the area and the fact that the present Malaysian state itself evolved from a Malay polity. The oldest political institution in Malaysia is the system of Malay rulers of the nine Malay states. Between the late 18th and the mid-20th century, British colonial authorities in British Malaya, transformed the system first into a system of indirect rule, then in 1948, using this culturally based institution, they incorporated the Malay monarchy into the blueprints for the independent Federation of Malaya. The term Tanah Melayu (Malaya) in its name, which literally means "Malay land", assumes proprietorship of the Malay states. In this method, the colonial government strengthened Malay ethno-nationalism, Malay ethnicity and culture...

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