But then once in a lifetime, The longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme.” So hope for a great sea change, On the far side of revenge. ‘History says: “Don’t hope on this side of the grave. ‘You alone are the means, but that not for long, only to be counted amongst the ancestors.’ Parangkusuma prophecy, circa 1805 ISBN 978-90-6718-303-1 ISBN 978-90-6718-303-1ĭedication For the family and descendants of Pangéran Dipanagara In honour and respect He is one of Britain’s foremost historians of Southeast Asia and has also published on Cambodia, Burma and His many works include the twovolume Archive of Yogyakarta (1980, 2000), The British in Java, 1811-1816 A Javanese account (1992) and Babad Dipanagara An account of the outbreak of the Java War (1825-1830) (1981). Peter Carey, Laithwaite tutor in History at Trinity College, Oxford, has made a lifetime study of Dipanagara and the history of early nineteenth-century Java. Prince Dipanagara and the end of an old order in Java, 1785-1855 National hero, Javanese mystic, pious Muslim and leader of the ‘holy war’ against the Dutch The book will be read with profit by all those interested in the rise of Western colonial rule in Indonesia, the fate of indigenous cultures in an age of imperialism and the role of Javanese Islam in modern Indonesian history. Dutch and British records, in particularly the Residency Archives of Yogyakarta and Surakarta currently kept in the Indonesian National Archives, provide the backbone of this scholarly work. The book presents a detailed analysis of Dipanagara’s pre-war visions and aspirations asĪ Javanese Ratu Adil (Just King) based on extensive reading of his autobiography, the Babad Dipanagara as well as a number of other Javanese sources. This confrontation known as the Java War, in which Dipanagara was defeated and exiled, marked the beginning of the modern colonial period in Indonesia which lasted until the Japanese occupation of 1942-1945. The power of prophecy is a major study which sets Dipanagara’s life history against the context of the turbulent events of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century when the full force of European imperialism hit Indonesia like an Asian tsunami destroying forever Java’s ‘old order’ and propelling the twin forces of Islam and Javanese national identity into a fatal confrontation with the Dutch. Yet despite instant name recognition in Indonesia, there has never been a full biography of the prince’s life and times based on Dutch and Javanese sources. Between 18, the Yogyakarta prince, Dipanagara (1785-1855), is pre-eminent in the pantheon of modern Indonesian historical figures.
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