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G. Glossary

2022; Association Archipel; Issue: Hors-Série n°2 - Patani Linguagem: Inglês

10.4000/archipel.2831

2104-3655

Daniel Perret, Jorge Santos Alves,

component of the betel quid.Atchin / Achem: Aceh.A major sultanate at the northern tip of Sumatra.Avaa: the kingdom of Ava, dominant over upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1364 to the mid-16th century.Baçora: the Iraqui port-city of Basra.baer / bhaer / bhaar: bahar.According to Pieter de Carpentier et al. (1626), in Patani a bahar weights six "Bantam bags" (see Bantamsche zacquen), that is approximately 180 kg.ballaia / ballee / balleye: corrupted form of the Malay balai.Unwalled or low-walled building where people meet.Bandan: Banda.A ten-island archipelago presently in the Indonesian province of Maluku, well-known as the sole source of nutmeg and mace during the period under review here.The Portuguese began to visit the island soon after the conquest of Malacca in 1511.The VOC enjoyed a monopoly on these products from 1621.See Moluccos.Bandar-malsin: Banjarmasin.Capital of the sultanate of the same name (or Banjar) in the present province of South Kalimantan (Indonesia), located in the southern part of Borneo.Banjarmasin began to grow pepper in ca.1630.Bandara, Bandora, Dato: a high-ranking official described as the "governor of Pataniˮ in 1622.This position might have been equivalent to bendahara, a kind of "prime ministerˮ in other kingdoms of Maritime Southeast Asia.Cf. chapter "Domestic Issuesˮ