Note 46 — Chapter XII · THE SPREAD OF ISLAM IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
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In the north, where the Malay states border on Siam, Islam has exercised considerable influence on the Siamese Buddhists; those who have here been converted are called Samsams and speak a language that is a mixed jargon of the languages of the two people.46 Converts are also made from among the wild tribes of the Peninsula.47