Dari Entrepot ke Agraria: Pemikiran tentang Pembangunan Ekonomi Berdasarkan Undang-undang Kedah Ku Din Ku Meh. (Malay)

The Malay states are often viewed by colonial scholar-officials as devoid of any systematic political system before the arrival of the West while its laws were seen as cruel and unworthy of the attention of the serious readers. In actuality, traditional laws like the Undang-undang Kedah (Kedah Laws) which was already in place since the 17th century had proved otherwise. This article aims to scrutinise the ideas and conceptions held by Kedah rulers with regards economic development as manifested in indigenous laws like the Undang-undang Kedah the Ku Din Ku Meh version (1893). This study applies the qualitative method which involve analysing the relevant sections of the Kedah laws to identify ideas, concepts and thoughts relating to state administration notably the economy of the state. Based on textual analysis of the Undang-undang Kedah the Ku Din Ku Meh version, it is found that Kedah had already in place an organised legal system so as to facilitate the economic transition that had taken place from the 13th to the 17th centuries which enabled the state to evolve from a port state to an agrarian one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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