The Jawi Peranakan community was an elite group among the Malay community in the mid-19th century but declined in the early decades of the 20th century. The term Jawi Peranakan applied to Straits-born Muslims of mixed Indian (especially Tamil) and Malay parentage. Their publication, the Jawi Peranakkan, was the first Malay language newspaper of the region. Their illustrious era came to an end when they were caught in political troubles that led to their alienation from mainstream Malays.

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