Professor Madya Dr. A Rahman Tang Bin Abdullah
Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, UMS
A Rahman Tang Abdullah is currently an Associate Professor at the History Programme, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. He is visually impaired. He obtained his first degree with First Class Honours in History from the University of Malaya, and then both Masters degree in Southeast Asian Studies and Ph.D. in History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of History University of Cambridge, United Kingdom from February to December 2017 and February 2023 to January 2024. His field of specialisation is in History, which includes modern history of Malaysia, Malay historiography and comparative history on Modern and contemporary Southeast Asia. His research interests and writings are on history and historiography of Johor, water issues between Malaysia and Singapore, Malay economy during the colonial period, Islamic law in Kedah before colonial rule, legal history on the formation of Malaysia, nationalism and Islam in Southeast Asia in comparative perspectives, and Arab Hadramis in Malaysia.
Contact Information
Academic Department
Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
Appointed Department
Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
Education
Ijazah Doktor Falsafah
University Of London, Uk
2007
Ijazah Sarjana Sastera Dalam Pengajian Asia Tenggara
University Of London, Uk
1996
Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sastera Dengan Kepujian Kelas Pertama (Sejarah)
Universiti Malaya
1992
Research
Projects
8
Active
1
Grants
RM 328,200.00
Publications
Total Publications by Year
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 |
Scopus Metrics
Scopus ProfileDocuments
5
H-Index
2
Citations
19
Institutional
51
Research listing
Completed and ongoing projects
Showing 1 to 5 of 8 entries
THE CHINESE-MALAY ECONOMY UNDER CAPITALISM THE EXPANSION OF MONEY ECONOMY IN MALAYA (1850-1941)
Leader
2025 - 2027
Revisiting the Contestation over Sarawak’s Claim on the State’s Jurisdiction over Oil and Gas on the Continental Shelf: A Legal History Context.
Leader
2021 - 2024
STATUS SABAH DALAM PERJANJIAN MALAYSIA 1963 (MA63): SATU ANALISIS DOKUMEN
Member
2019 - 2022
The Impact of Capitalism on Indigenous Economy under Colonial Rules; A Comparative Study on the Malays in Malaya and Javanese in Java.
Leader
2016 - 2019
The Impact of Capitalism on Malay Economy under British Colonial Rule in Malaya
Leader
2015 - 2018
Publications listing
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Showing 1 to 5 of 6 entries
A RAHMAN TANG BIN ABDULLAH (2025), Al-Tarikh Salasilah Negeri Kedah: Pertim-bangan Historiografi Terhadap Fakta dan Peristiwa Terpilih dalam Sejarah Kedah
A RAHMAN TANG BIN ABDULLAH (2025), Capitalism and Economic Change in Colo-nial Sabah: The Economic Transition of In-digenous Communities in North Borneo, 1881-1963
A RAHMAN TANG BIN ABDULLAH (2025), Sarawak alteration of boundaries of 1954: Revisiting Sarawak's claim on petroleum deposits on the continental shelf
A RAHMAN TANG BIN ABDULLAH (2024), Dekolonisasi Borneo dan penubuhan Malaysia dalam perspektif Brunei dan Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III
A RAHMAN TANG BIN ABDULLAH (2024), Preserving Johor’s independence in the 1880s: The question of Abu Bakar’s personal standing