"According to the Hikayat Banjar (432-37), the Islamization of Banjarmasin was effectively determined when opposing claimants to the throne decided on single combat to avoid a civil war."
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Reid A (1988) Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450β1680, Yale University Press, New Haven, Vol. I., p. 124
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Anthony Reid (academic)
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Anthony Reid (19 June 1939 β 8 June 2025) was a New Zealand-born historian of Southeast Asia.
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