TERENGGANU

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There are several theories on the agent of the name 'Terengganu'. One approach attributes the name's agent to terang ganu, Malay for 'bright rainbow'.[2] Another story, said to accept been originally anecdotal by the ninth Absolutist of Terengganu, Baginda Omar, tells of a affair of hunters from Pahang ambulant and hunting in the breadth of what is now southern Terengganu. One of the hunters spotted a big beastly barb lying on the ground. A adolescent affair affiliate asked to which beastly did the barb belong. The hunter, not alive which animal, artlessly answered taring anu (Malay: 'fang of something'). The affair after alternate to Pahang with a affluent abundance of game, fur and sandalwood, which afflicted their neighbors. They asked the hunters breadth did they antecedent their riches, to which they replied, from the acreage of taring anu, which after acquired into Terengganu.[2] Terengganu was alleged Trangkanu (Thai: ตรังกานู) by the Siamese aback it was beneath their influence.

CHINESE NAMING

The acceptable Chinese name for Terengganu has been "丁加奴" (Pinyin: dīngjiānú), which is a absolute adaptation of the Malay name. However, in contempo years, the Chinese association in Terengganu has aloft objections to the name, citation that the characters acclimated about construe to "giving bearing to a adolescent who will become a slave" (Chinese: 添丁加做奴). Therefore, they auspiciously petitioned the authoritative agency for Chinese accent in Malaysia to change the Chinese name for the accompaniment to "登嘉楼" (Pinyin: dēngjiālóu), which can be about translated to "aspiring/stepping up to a college level", in September 2004. It is account noting, however, that the new name has been in actionable use by the state's Chinese association for at atomic 30 years afore its official adoption.

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There are assertive segments of the Chinese association who against to the name change, citation the actuality that the new name contains too abounding appearance strokes, authoritative it abundant added difficult to write. They accept proposed to backslide the name aback to the adaptation acclimated afore 2004, but with the chat "奴" (slavery, which was mainly the account of the controversy) to the agnate sounding, but added absolute "努" (perseverance).

HISTORY

Terengganu's breadth by the South China Sea ensured that it was on barter routes aback age-old times. The ancient accounting letters on the breadth that is now Terengganu were by Chinese merchants and seafarers in the aboriginal 6th aeon A.D. Like added Malay states, Terengganu accomplished a Hindu–Buddhist ability accumulated with animist acceptable behavior for hundreds of years afore the accession of Islam. Beneath the access of Srivijaya, Terengganu traded abundantly with the Majapahit Empire, the Khmer Empire and abnormally the Chinese. Terengganu was the aboriginal Malay accompaniment to accept Islam, as accurate to by a bean cairn anachronous 1303 with Arabic inscriptions begin in Kuala Berang, the basic of the commune of Hulu Terengganu. Terengganu became a addict accompaniment of Melaka, but retained ample freedom with the actualization of Riau-Johor.

Terengganu emerged as an absolute sultanate in 1724. The aboriginal Absolutist was Tun Zainal Abidin, the adolescent brother of a above absolutist of Johor, and Johor acerb afflicted Terengganu backroom through the 18th century. However, in the book Tuhfat al-Nafis accounting by Raja Ali Haji, in the year 1708, Tun Zainal Abidin was installed as the Absolutist of Terengganu by Daeng Menampuk additionally accepted as Raja Tua beneath the aphorism of Absolutist Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah. In the 19th century, Terengganu became a addict accompaniment of Siam, and beatific accolade every year to the King of Siam alleged bunga mas. Beneath Siamese rule, Terengganu prospered, and was abundantly larboard abandoned by the authorities in Bangkok. The agreement of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 saw ability over Terengganu transferred from Siam to Great Britain. A British adviser was appointed to the absolutist in 1919, and Terengganu become one of the Unfederated Malay States. The move was awful abhorred locally, and in 1928 the British acclimated aggressive force to abolish a accepted uprising. During World War II, Japan active Terengganu and transferred ascendancy over the accompaniment aback to Siam, forth with Kelantan, Kedah, and Perlis. After the defeat of Japan, British ascendancy over these Malay states was reestablished. Terengganu became a affiliate of the Federation of Malaya in 1948, and a accompaniment of absolute Malaya in 1957.

Following decades of aphorism by the Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition, the Islamic Affair of Malaysia (PAS) came to ability in the 1999 General Elections, authoritative Terengganu the additional accompaniment in Malaysia to be disqualified by the Islamist affair (the aboriginal actuality adjoining Kelantan). However, in the 2004 General Elections, Terengganu was recaptured by the Barisan Nasional.