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Java’s Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I, 1726-95

By: Merle Ricklefs

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Java’s Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I, 1726-95

By: Merle Ricklefs

Mangkunagara I (1726-95) was one of the most flamboyant figures of 18th-century Java. A charismatic rebel from 1740 to 1757 and one of the foremost military commanders of his age, he won the loyalty of many followers. He was also a devout Muslim of the Mystic Synthesis style, a devotee of Javanese culture and a lover of beautiful women and Dutch gin. His enemies—the Surakarta court, his uncle the rebel and later Sultan Mangkubumi of Yogyakarta and the Dutch East India Company—were unable to subdue him, even when they united against him. In 1757 he settled as a semi-independent prince in Surakarta, pursuing his objective of as much independence as possible by means other than war, a frustrating time for a man who was a fighter to his fingertips. Professor Ricklefs here employs an extraordinary range of sources in Dutch and Javanese—among them Mangkunagara I’s voluminous autobiographical account of his years at war, the earliest autobiography in Javanese so far known—to bring this important figure to life. As he does so, our understanding of Java’s devastating civil war of the mid-18th century is transformed and much light is shed on Islam and culture in Java.

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NUS Press

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9814722847

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The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749

History, Literature, and Islam in the Court of Pakubuwana II

By: Merle Calvin Ricklefs

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The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749

History, Literature, and Islam in the Court of Pakubuwana II

By: Merle Calvin Ricklefs

An original and deeply researched work on a key period of Javanese history, by a world expert.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824820525

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9780824820527

Soul Catcher

Java’s Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I, 1726-95

By: Merle Ricklefs

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Java’s Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I, 1726-95

By: Merle Ricklefs

Mangkunagara I (1726-95) was one of the most flamboyant figures of 18th-century Java. A charismatic rebel from 1740 to 1757 and one of the foremost military commanders of his age, he won the loyalty of many followers. He was also a devout Muslim of the Mystic Synthesis style, a devotee of Javanese culture and a lover of beautiful women and Dutch gin. His enemies—the Surakarta court, his uncle the rebel and later Sultan Mangkubumi of Yogyakarta and the Dutch East India Company—were unable to subdue him, even when they united against him. In 1757 he settled as a semi-independent prince in Surakarta, pursuing his objective of as much independence as possible by means other than war, a frustrating time for a man who was a fighter to his fingertips. Professor Ricklefs here employs an extraordinary range of sources in Dutch and Javanese—among them Mangkunagara I’s voluminous autobiographical account of his years at war, the earliest autobiography in Javanese so far known—to bring this important figure to life. As he does so, our understanding of Java’s devastating civil war of the mid-18th century is transformed and much light is shed on Islam and culture in Java.

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Indonesian Manuscripts in Great Britain

A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Indonesian Languages in British Public Collections (New Editions with Addenda et Corrigenda)

By: M. C. Ricklefs,P. Voorhoeve,Annabel Teh Gallop

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Indonesian Manuscripts in Great Britain

A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Indonesian Languages in British Public Collections (New Editions with Addenda et Corrigenda)

By: M. C. Ricklefs,P. Voorhoeve,Annabel Teh Gallop

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Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia

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9794618837

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9789794618837