"One Chinese reported that the people of Melaka "say that it is better to have slaves than to have land, because slaves are a protection to their masters""
— Slavery in Asia

January 1, 1970

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Reid A. (1988) Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450–1680, Yale University Press, New Haven, Vol. I., p. 129. (Hwang Chung 1 5 37: 128). also quoted in M.A. Khan, Islamic Jihad.