This journal, with ISSN 2085-0980, was firstly published on October 28, 2009. Since issues of April 2012 to April 2014, the TAWARIKH journal was organized by the Lecturers of History Education Department FKIP UVRI (Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Veteran University of the Republic of Indonesia) in Makassar. Since issues of October 2014 to April 2015, the TAWARIKH journal was organized by the Lecturers of History Department FIB UNHAS (Faculty of Humanities, Hasanuddin University) and LP2M (Research Institute and Community Service) UNHAS in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia; and published by Minda Masagi Press as a publishing house owned by ASPENSI (the Association of Indonesian Scholars of History Education) in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. This journal is published twice a year i.e. every October and April. For period of 2012 to 2017, the TAWARIKH journal has been accredited by Ditjendikti Kemdikbud RI (Directorate-General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia).

Bandar Seri Begawan, Negara Brunei Darussalam: October 28, 2015.

Sincerely yours,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haji Awang Asbol bin Haji Mail
Guest Editor of the TAWARIKH Journal for Issue of October 2015; and Senior Lecturer at the International and History Program UBD (University of Brunei Darussalam).