The Bawean communities of Gombak: a historical analysis of migration, social integration and economic contributions

Mohd, Siti Hadija and Mansor Majdin, Mohamad Firdaus and Sulkafle, Mohamad Hazizie (2025) The Bawean communities of Gombak: a historical analysis of migration, social integration and economic contributions. Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, 7 (7). pp. 225-232. E-ISSN 2682-8502

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Abstract

This study investigates the historical trajectory of Bawean communities in Kampung Simpang Tiga and Kampung Sungai Chinchin, located in the Gombak district of Selangor, Malaysia. Drawing on interviews from existing documentaries as well as published materials, it reconstructs the migration of the Bawean people from Bawean Island, Indonesia, to Gombak. The paper examines their settlement process, adaptation to local life, and occupational patterns during the 20th century. Although Bawean communities have lived in Malaysia for more than a century, their presence remains insufficiently represented in Malaysian historiography. Through selected interviews and academic works, this research traces how Bawean settlers navigated issues of land, livelihood, and identity within Malaysia’s shifting socio-political setting. Primary data collected throughout 2024 to 2025, which includes personal communications and interviews with residents of Kampung Sungai Chinchin, are combined with video documentaries and secondary writings. On top of that, the analysis highlights the ways Bawean identity has been maintained in certain aspects and reshaped in others, situating these experiences within broader migration patterns in Southeast Asia.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	11248/123538
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bawean communities, Gombak, migration history, social adaptation, Malaysian historiography
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H51 History
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of History & Civilization Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Siti Hadija Mohd
Date Deposited:	03 Dec 2025 16:35
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2025 16:52
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/123538

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