The international seminar on Islamic Civilisation in the Malay World was organised under the patronage of H.M. the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam jointly by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Brunei Darussalam and IRCICA in the capital city Bandar Seri Begawan on 1-5 June 1989. With respect to its theme and organisational aspects it was perhaps the first of its kind to take place in Southeast Asia. Its papers constitute a representative sample of inter-disciplinary research on the Islamic history of Malay nations. The book has prefaces by the Minister of Religious Affairs Negara Brunei Darussalam and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Director General of IRCICA.