The Rohingya ‘Origin’ Narrative

Anthony Ware, Costas Laoutides
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Chapters Three and Four articulate the competing historical narratives and representations of memory sustaining Myanmar’s ‘Rohingya’ conflict. This chapter examines what the authors designate the Rohingya ‘Origin’ narrative, and interrogates it against the available historical record; the next chapter considers the Rakhine and Burman perspectives. Drawing on the concept of intractable conflict, this chapter commences with an assessment of ‘Rohingya’ written historical sources and their sociopolitical context, then presents an overview and critique of these historical accounts. The chapter summarizes the key narrative of Rohingya origins, examining their representation of various waves of Muslim migration in the distant past, seeking to establish the Rohingya as a national race with deep historical roots in Arakan—and a people integral to Arakan’s political and socioeconomic life until its 1784 conquest by the Burmans. The chapter then offers an analysis of the pre-colonial Muslim population, and assesses their perspectives about the origins of the contemporary conflict. The chapter thus documents and analyses Rohingya claims that various waves of settlers have been assimilated, over centuries, into what is now a single ethic identity with a strong historical connection to the land, and a distinct language, culture and history which should now be considered indigenous to the region.
罗兴亚的“起源”是Narrative
第三章和第四章阐明了维持缅甸“罗兴亚”冲突的相互竞争的历史叙述和记忆表现。本章考察了作者所指定的罗兴亚人“起源”叙事,并根据现有的历史记录对其进行了质疑;下一章考虑若开邦和缅甸的观点。根据棘手冲突的概念,本章首先评估“罗兴亚”的书面历史资料及其社会政治背景,然后对这些历史记载进行概述和批评。这一章总结了罗兴亚人起源的关键叙述,考察了他们在遥远过去的各种穆斯林移民浪潮中的代表,试图将罗兴亚人确立为一个在若开邦有着深厚历史根源的民族,以及一个在1784年被缅甸人征服之前与若开邦政治和社会经济生活不可或缺的民族。然后,本章对殖民前的穆斯林人口进行了分析,并评估了他们对当代冲突起源的看法。因此,本章记录并分析了罗兴亚人的说法,即几个世纪以来,各种移民浪潮已被同化为现在的单一民族身份,与这片土地有着强烈的历史联系,并拥有独特的语言、文化和历史,现在应被视为该地区的土著。
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