Most of the Bugis sea traders had…

1852 CE to 1863 CE

Most of the Bugis sea traders had migrated to Macassar after the Dutch made it a free port in 1847, and by 1860 the Bugis population of Singapore has declined to less than a thousand.

Small numbers of Arabs, Jews, and Armenians, many of them already well-to-do,  are drawn to Singapore, where they amass even greater wealth.

Another small group numbered among Singapore's upper class are the Parsis, Indians of Iranian descent who are adherents of Zoroastrianism.

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