Zabag (ancient territory)
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Zabag is thought to have been an ancient territory located south of China somewhere in Southeast Asia, between the Chenla Kingdom and Java. Several historians have associated this kingdom with Srivija
Toponym identification in Ajayib al-Hind, Zabag (Zabedj) is interpreted as Java.
Names of Java
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The island of Java has been referred to by a variety of names throughout its history. These names reflect the changing knowledge about Java of peoples throughout Eurasia, sometimes drawing on legendar
Zabag (ancient territory)
…suggests that the influence came into Malay from Middle Eastern sailors in relatively recent times. The toponym Zabag is alternatively identified with Java. Information from the first part of the Akhbār dated in 851–852 AD, possibly reported by Sulayman the Merchant, states that that Sarbuza (possibly…
Kota Kapur inscription, issued in 686 AD, contains an early attestation of the toponym Jawa.
Java rendered as 爪哇 Zhǎowā (bottom left) in Ma Huan's 15th century The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores
Java rendered as Iava Maior in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1603 Latin edition.