This course is concerned with the introduction of Islam through merchants and scholars and arrival of Muslims to Sumatra. It explores the beginnings of Islam in Malaqa in the 15 th century and the formation of the Islamic Kingdom of Malaqa in addition to the spread of Islam to other parts of the Malaqa peninsula and Jawa then to the Island of Borneo. Other topics include the Portuguese dominance over Malaqa in the early 16th century, the Dutch dominance over Malaqa in 1641 and the expansion of their commercial control in Jawa, Sumatra and the Indonesian Islands. Furthermore, the course deals with the Dutch preoccupation with trade and missionary efforts. The British seizure of Malaqa in 2395 and the British commercial expansion and control of Malayo are also explored. A study of the formation of the Malayo Union, the growth of national awareness in Indonesia, the national revolution (1945-1950) and the establishment of the states of Indonesia and Malaysia is also included in this course.