1960
- “Colonies, communism and Clara Bow,” Journal of the Historical Society (University of Malaya), 1 (1960-61), 57-59.
1961
- Guide to Malay Periodicals, 1876-1941. With details of known holdings in Malaya (Papers on Southeast Asian Subjects, No. 4; Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1961), vii, 46 pp.
- “Kaum Muda – Kaum Tua: Innovation and reaction in Malay society, 1900-1941,” in K. G. Tregonning (ed.), Papers on Malayan History (Singapore: Journal of Southeast Asian History, 1961), 169-192.
1962
- “Malay newspapers,” in K. G. Tregonning (ed.), Malaysian Historical Sources (Singapore: 1962), 95-97.
1964
- “The Malayo-Muslim world of Singapore in the late nineteenth century,” Journal of Asian Studies, XXV (1964), 75-90.
1966
- Stories of Sir Hugh Clifford (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1966), xviii, 216 pp. Edited with an Introduction.
- “The life and times of Haji Othman Abdullah,” Peninjau Sejarah (Kuala Lumpur), I, 2 (1966), 62-68.
1967
- The Origins of Malay Nationalism (New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1967, xx, 297 pp. Repr. by University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1967; second repr. ed. 1995.)
- Stories and Sketches by Sir Frank Swettenham (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1967, xviii, 225pp. Edited with an Introduction.)
- Sejarah Surat-surat Khabar Melayu [History of Malay newspapers] (Monograf Persekutuan Bahasa Melayu Universiti Malaya, No.1; Penang: Sinaran Press, 1967), 41 pp. In Malay.)
- “Colonial pursuits,” Journal of the Historical Society (University of Malaya), VI, (1967-68), 51-53.
1968
- Review article: Judith Djamour, The Muslim Matrimonial Court in Singapore (London School of Economics, Monographs in Social Anthropology, No.31), in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 124 (1968), 286-291.
- “Asal-usul nasionalisma Melayu” [The origins of Malay nationalism], Majallah Dian (Kota Bharu), 20 (1968), 101-110.
- “The Persatuan Melayu Selangor: an early Malay political association,” Journal of Southeast Asian History, IX (1968), 117-146.
1969
- “Malaysian State Council Minutes in New York,” Journal the Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, XLII (1969), 213-219.
- “Social history and its materials in Malaysia,” Peninjau Sejarah (Kuala Lumpur), III, 1 (1969), 13-20.
1970
- “Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century,” in P. M. Holt et al (eds.), The Cambridge History of Islam (Cambridge: The University Press, 1970), Vol.II, 155-181.
- “Indonesian and Malay students in Cairo in the 1920s,” Indonesia (Ithaca), 9 (April 1970), 73-88.
1971
- In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History (with D. J. Steinberg et al, New York: Praeger, 197l, xii, 522pp. Repr. Honolulu, Ha.: University of Hawaii Press, & Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1985.)
1972
- Autobiography and Biography in Malay Historical Studies (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Occasional Paper No.13, 1972), 21 pp.
- Bibliography of Malay and Arabic Periodicals published in the Straits Settlements and Peninsular Malay States, 1876-1941 (London: Oxford University Press, for School of Oriental & African Studies, 1972; London Oriental Bibliographies, Vol. 3, vii, 74 pp. Annotated with historical introduction and union list of holdings in Malaysia and the United Kingdom.)
- “Dato’ Alwi Jantan and the Arkib Negara Malaysia: an appreciation,” CORMOSEA Newsletter, V, 1 (Oct.1972), 1-3. Repr. in Southeast Asian Archives, 5 (July 1972), 1-2.
1973
- Kelantan: Religion, Society and Politics in a Malay State (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1973), xvii, 371pp. Edited, with a contribution, three translations from the Malay, Introduction, and bibliography of Kelantan.)
- “The origins and early years of the Majlis Ugama,” in ibid., 101-152.
- “Islam as an agent of modernization: an episode in Kelantan history”, in H.-D. Evers (ed.), Modernization in Southeast Asia (Singapore: Oxford University Press, for Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1973), 170-174.
- Contributions to Dusun Zbavitel (ed.), The Dictionary of Oriental Literatures, Vol.II, South and Southeast Asia (London: Allen & Unwin; New York: Basic Books, for the Oriental Institute, Prague, 1973. Eight articles on Malay literature.)
1974
- “The mystery of the first Malay novel (and who was Rokambul?)”, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 130 (1974), 450-464.
- “Towards a press in line with Malaysian sentiments and interests,” Malaysian Business Review (October 1974), 51-52.
1975
- Nasionalisma Melayu (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1975), xx, 364pp. Malay translation by Ahmad Boestama of The Origins of Malay Nationalism.
- “Islamization, communitas, symbols, and institutional structures: a summary,” and “Islamic institutions in Southeast Asia: work in progress”, in Dietmar Rothermund (ed.), Islam in Southern Asia. A Survey of Current Research (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, for Beitraege zur Suedasienforschung, Suedasien-Institut, Universitaet Heidelberg, Band 16, 1975), 1-4, 10-11 and passim.
- “The conduct of the hajj from Malaya, and the first Malay Pilgrimage Officer,” in Amin Sweeney (ed.), Sari Terbitan Tak Berkala [Occasional papers], No.1 (Kuala Lumpur: Institute of Malay Language and Literature, National University, 1975), 81-112.
- “Report on Yogyakarta Asian History Conference,” CORMOSEA Newsletter, VIII, 2 (May, 1975), 10-11.
1976
- “The institutionalization of Islam in the Malay Peninsula: some problems for the historian,” in Sartono Kartodirdjo (ed.), Profiles of Malay Culture: Historiography, Religion and Politics (Jakarta: Ministry of Education and Culture, 1976), 66-72.
1978
- The Wandering Thoughts of a Dying Man. The Autobiography of Haji Abdul Majid bin Zainuddin (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1978, xvi, 169pp. Edited and annotated, with an Introduction.)
- “Leavetakings: the separation stage of the pilgrimage to Mecca,” in Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, New Delhi, 1978.
1979
- Carving the Path to the Summit, by Ahmad Boestamam (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1979) [Southeast Asia Translation Series, Vol.2], xxxiii, 149pp. Translated from the Malay with an Introduction and notes.
- Southeast Asian Research Tools. Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (Honolulu: University of Hawaii, Asian Studies Program, Southeast Asian Paper No.16, Part IV, 1979), 61 pp. With the assistance of Margaret Koch.)
1980
- “Asia Tenggara di Muzium Sejarah Semula Jadi Amerika” [Southeast Asia in the American Museum of Natural History], Dewan Budaya (Kuala Lumpur), III, 9 (1980), 41-43. In Malay.
- Mengenali Sejarah Asia Tenggara Moden (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1980), xiv, 675 pp. Translation into Malay of In Search of Southeast Asia.
1982
- “Sanitation and security: the imperial powers and the nineteenth century hajj,” Arabian Studies (Cambridge), VI (1982), 143-16.
- “English-language fiction relating to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei: a check-list”, Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, LV,1 (1982), 62-77.
- Fifteen biographical articles associated with Malaysia, Encyclopedia Brittanica (Micropedia).
1983
- “Whence cometh the Law? Dog saliva in Kelantan, 1937,” Comparative Studies in Society and History, XXV (1983), 323-38. (Repr. in Katherine Ewing (ed.), Sharia, Ambiguity and Change: Moral Principles in Tension in Asian Islam. Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 1988, 25-40.)
- “The Mecca pilgrimage: Its meaning for Southeast Asian Islam,” in K. Friedmann & R. Israeli (eds), Islam in Asia (Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, 1983), Vol. 2, 238.
1984
- “Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd.,”[Malaysia Ltd.], in Khoo Kay-kim et al (eds), Historia: Essays Marking the 25th Anniversary of the History Department, University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Historical Society, 1984), 236-240.
- Kerjasama dan Koperasi di Semenanjung, 1910-1941: Petikan dari Bahan-bahan Terbit Zaman [Co-operation and the co-operative movement in Malaya 1910-1941: extracts from contemporary materials] (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1984), xv, 285 pp. (Selected and edited, with an Introduction. In Malay.)
1985
- “Islam obscured? Reflections on studies of Islam and society in Southeast Asia,” Archipel (Paris), 29 (1985), 7-34.
- “Pilgrimage and the history of religions: theoretical approaches to the hajj,” in Richard C. Martin (ed.), Approaches to Islam in Religious Studies (Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona, 1985), 78-86.
1987
- Islam and the Political Economy of Meaning: Comparative Studies of Muslim Discourse (London: Croom Helm & Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987), vii, 300pp. Edited with an Introduction and contribution.
- “Islamic movements: one or many?”, in ibid., 30-51.
- In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History, with D. J. Steinberg et al, Honolulu, Ha.: University of Hawaii Press, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 1987), ix, 590 pp.
1993
- “Leavetakings: the separation stage of the Meccan pilgrimage,” Muslim & Arab Perspectives (New Delhi), I:1 (October 1993/Rabic II-Jumada I ,1414), 20-28.
1994
- The Origins of Malay Nationalism (2nd ed., with a new Introduction, and with an Afterword by Shaharil Talib). (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1994), xxxviii, 303 pp., illus.
1996
- “An argument about how to argue,” in M.K. Masud, B. Messick & D.S. Powers (eds), Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and their Fatwas (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996), 223-229, 359-360.
- “Patterns of Islamisation in Malaysia, 1890s-1990s: Exemplars, institutions and vectors,” Journal of Islamic Studies (Oxford), IX:2 (July, 1998), 210-228.
- “Afterword: The comparative study of Muslim societies,” in Leif Manger (ed.), Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts (London: Curzon Press, 1999), 244-256.
- “Pondoks, madrasahs and the production of ‘ulama’ in Malaysia, 19th-20th Centuries,” Studia Islamika (Jakarta), VOL (1988), pp.
- “Islam in Indonesia as a knowledge industry,” Kultur: The Indonesian Journal for Muslim Cultures, 1:2 (2001), 1-7. Rev. version in Fu’ad Jabali & Jamhari (eds), Islam in Indonesia : Islamic Studies and Social Transformation (Montreal & Jakarta: Indonesia-Canada Islamic Higher Education Project (2002), 47-52.
2002
- “Murder as an aid to social history: the Arab community in Singapore in the early twentieth century,” in Huub de Jonge & Nico Kaptein (eds.), Transcending Borders: Arabs, Politics, Trade and Islam in Southeast Asia, (Leiden: KITLV Press), 92-108.
- “Sociological interpretation of religious ritual: the case of the hajj,” in Virginia Hooker & Noraini Othman (eds.), Malaysia: Islam, Society and Politics. Essays in honour of Clive S. Kessler (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies), 37-54.
2004
- “Pondoks, madrasahs and the production of ‘ulama in Malaysia,” Studia Islamika, 11:1 (2004), 1-21.
2005
- The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia: A New History (Honolulu, HA: University of Hawaii Press, 2005, xxiii, 541 pp., illus. Co-author with N.G. Owen et al.)
2007
- “Islam movements. One or Many?” In Andrew Rippin (ed), Defining Islam: A Reader (London: Equinox, 2007).
- “Onomastics and taxonomies of belonging in the Malay Muslim world,” Journal of Islamic Studies (Oxford) ,18, 386-405.
2008
- “The Ins and Outs of Hadrami Journalism: Assimilation nor identity Maintenance,” in Ahmed Abushouk (ed.), The Hadrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Identity Maintenance or Assimilation? (Leiden: Brill, 2008).
2009
- Studies on Islam and Society in Southeast Asia, (Singapore: NUS Press, 2009), xvii, 354 pp.
2010
- “Customary Law, Islamic Law, and Colonial Authority: Three contrasting case studies and their aftermath,” Islamic Studies (Islamabad) 49:4, 455-462.
2012
- “Public Art, Nationalism and National Unification in Malaya/Malaysia,” JMBRAS VOL. 85 Part 1 (2012), 99-100.
- “On Going into the Field,” JMBRAS VOL. 85, Part 2 (2012), 103-109.
- “Nasehat: Distance and Authority in a Malay Sultanate,” JMBRAS, VOL. 85, Part 2 (2012), 99-101.
Unpublished Papers:
- “The comparative study of fatawa, and their relevance for social history” (1997-1998)
- “Non-Muslim new religious movements in a Muslim environment: the case of Malaysia” (1998)
- “Islam and Malay Identity: Historical Perspectives” (2011)