Textual authority; The Toloq Rumpaqna Boné by I Mallaq Daéng Mabéla, Arung Manajéng

If one compares Dutch and Bugis accounts of the Bone war of 1905, it is strik ing to see how little has been preserved in writing from a people which is generally applauded for its historical consciousness as expressed in an age long tradition of the production of texts of a historiographical nature. While the material on the Dutch side abounds with detailed military reports, con tributions to all kinds of newspapers and magazines, eye-witness accounts and a plethora of archival documents most of them providing maps and photographs there seems to be only one Bugis text that is wholly devoted to that particular war. It is the Toloq Rumpaqna Bon? (The Poem of the Defeat of Bon?'), written by I Mallaq Da?ng Mab?la, Arung Manaj?ng. Imperfect as the Toloq Rumpaqna Bon? may seem from a western historical perspective, careful treatment of this text reveals much about Bugis percep tions of the past. In fact, a comparison of the history of this text with a sim ilar text by the same author reveals interesting particulars about the way the Toloq Rumpaqna Bon? must have been composed

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  Open Access•Leonard Y Andaya•South East Asia Research•2004

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