The Malays are among the original people of Nusantara. DNA profiling would further help to establish the inter-connectedness of the various races, ethnics, tribes of the Malay Archipelago. Much have been written about the Archipelago and who's who in Nusantaran historiography (partial) are given below:
Antiquity - Ivor HN Evans, Thomas Braddell, Tom Harrisson, Wilhelm G Solheim, Paul Wheatley, Brian AV Peacock, Peter Bellwood
History - RO Winstedt, W Linehan, KG Tregoning, Frank Swettenham, Buyong Adil, Khoo Kay Kim, Muhd Yusof Ibrahim, Muhammad Yusoff Hashim, Zainal Abidin Abdul Wahid, JM Gullick, Abdullah Zakaria Ghazali, A Talib Ahmad
Culture - WE Maxwell, RJ Wilkinson, RO Winstedt, Ivor HN Evans, Hugh Clifford, Abdullah Sidek, Shamsuddin Saleh, Mohd Taib Osman, S Singaravelu, Abdul Latiff Abu Bakar, Hashim Awang, AR, Ismail Hamid, Zaharah Taha
Literature - Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Education - Za'aba, Awang Had Salleh
Islam - Haji Abdul Malik bin Abd Karim Amrullah (HAMKA),Syed Shaykh al-Hady, Wan Muhd Saghir Abdullah, Syed Muhammad Naguib al-Atas, Shafie Abu Bakar
Agriculture - IH Burkill, HN Ridley
Politics - William R Roff, Mohammad Redzuan Othman, Abdullah Zakaria Ghazali
Ethnomedicine - JD Gimlette
Orang Asli - Ivor HN Evans, JR Logan, Iskandar Carey
Melanau - George Jamuh
Iban & others - Ivor HN Evans, Benedict Sandin, Anthony JN Richards, J Derek Freeman
Sarawak - Robert Nicholl, Tom Harrisson, Nicholas Tarling, RH Reece
Brunei - William H Treacher, Robert Nicholl, Donald E Brown, Awang Mohd Jamil al-Sufri
Srivijaya - Slametmuljana
Barus - Jane Drakard
Java - Douwe A Rinkes, Merle C Ricklefs, GWJ Drewes
Acheh - Teuku Iskandar, Anthony Reid, A Hasjmy
Minangkabau - Umar Junus, RO Winstedt, Norhalim Ibrahim
Riau - Raja Ali Haji ibn Ahmad, Abu Hassan Mohd Sham
Sulawesi - Christian Pelras
Maluku - James T Collins
Moro - Gregrio F Zaide, CA Majul, Najeeb M Saleeby
Patani - Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian, Chandran Jeshrun, Nik Anuar Nik Mahmud
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