Sons versus Nephews
A Highland Jambi Alliance at War with the British East India Company, ca. 1800
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7296474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heinzpeter Znoj (0009-0007-0170-2388, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Pages | 97-97 |
| Publication date | 1998-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indonesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7289 • E-ISSN: 2164-8654 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3351406 |
| OpenAlex | W4232804749 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Heinzpeter Znoj1At the end of the eighteenth century, the southwest coast of Sumatra suddenly, and until today irreversibly, declined in importance in regional trade.First Penang, and later Singapore, with their free trade regimes, made the Straits of Malacca once again the dominant marketplace in Southeast Asia.This was the beginning of the end of British colonial enterprise in Sumatra, located as it was at a backwater of the new economic system.The highlands of Jambi, however, saw their economic and political role enhanced.In this article I ask how this crucial shift in strategic location affected a region hitherto little considered in Sumatran historiography, namely the southern parts of highland Jambi.Luckily enough, a contemporary narrative provides insights into the regional politics and social upheavals during this historical watershed.It is a court drama which started at Muko-Muko on the west coast when the heir apparent of the Sultanate of Anak Sungai rebelled against his uncle, the Sultan, and which found its unspectacular end in the gold-mining area of Pangkalan Jambu in the eastern highlands.2It deals with the desperate attempts of the British East India Company to 1 R esearch for this article w as m ade possible by a gran t from the Swiss N ational Science Foundation and b y the h osp itality of the SEAP, C ornell U niversity.I also w ish to thank Prof. O liver W olters, M ary Steedly, H ugh Raffles, K athrin O ester, Jeff H adler, and Jiirg Schneider for th eir thorough and generous com m ents on earlier version s of this article.2 F or location s see figure 1: "M ap of H ighland Jam bi w ith selected villages ca. 1 8 0 0
Alliance · Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Nephew and niece · Political science · Australian History and Society · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |