Jambi

History

A forwarding in 1275 by the king Kertanegara of Singasari (reign 1254-1292) in the east of Java against the kingdom of Malayu , i.e. Jambi, is mentioned in the Nagarakertagama , a poem epic writes in 1365 under the reign of the king Hayam Wuruk (1350-89) of Majapahit. Jambi maintaining good relationship with China of Kubilai Khan, this attack will throw shade on the relations between China and Java.

A statue found in the center of Sumatra carries an inscription gone back to 1286 which specifies that this statue is one present of Kertanegara to the " populate of Malayu and its roi".

The English establishment a counter with Jambi towards 1615. At the same time, the sultanate of Jambi concludes an alliance with that from Johor on the Malayan Péninsule, threatened by the sultanate of Aceh in north of Sumatra. Jambi, a long time under the influence of the Javanese kingdom of Mataram, ends up rejecting this suzerainty in 1663 and decides to cooperate with the VOC ( Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or " Dutch Company of the Eastern Indies "). The VOC installs there a counter, which it gives up in 1724.

In 1833, the sultan Muhammad Fakhruddin request assistance of the Dutchmen to fight against the pirates who haunt his coasts. In fact, the sultan invades an area of the sultanate of Palembang, but is pushed back by the troops of this one. The Dutchmen seize the occasion to impose a treaty to him by which he recognizes their suzerainty. The Dutchmen install a garrison with Jambi. In 1858, the prince Taha Saifuddin refuses to sign a treaty with the Dutchmen, who attack Jambi. Taha flees in the interior. Its resistance will last until it is killed by a governmental patrol in 1904.

The Zainuddin sultan abdicates in 1899. As the Dutchmen and the aristocracy do not manage to agree for a successor, the territory is put under the supervision of the resident Dutch of Palembang. This act causes the rising of the nobility of Jambi, which will be repressed only in 1907.

Language and culture

The language of the population of the province of Jambi is the Malayan, like besides more generally the inhabitants of the east coast of Sumatra, since the littoral is province of Sumatra of North to the province of Sumatra of the South.

However, the Javanese influence is expressed in particular through a style of Batik, technical Javanese, suitable for Jambi.

Has 22 km downstream from the provincial capital on the river Batang Hari is the site of Muara Jambi, the vastest archaeological whole of known Sumatra to date.

Upstream of Jambi populations of seminomad hunters-gatherers live, which one calls the Kubu but which give each other themselves the name of Orang Darat , i.e. " populate terre".

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