Letter
Letter from Sultan Abul Fath to the King of Denmark, Christian V, 1671
- Title
- eng Letter from Sultan Abul Fath to the King of Denmark, Christian V, 1671
- ind Surat Sultan Abul Fath untuk Raja Denmark, Christian V, 1671
- Contributor
- Christian V (King of Denmark - Recipient / Raja Danamarka)
- Kapitan Hadhelar (Danish Captain / Kapitan Danamarka)
- Angabehi Cakradana (Banten official / Pejabat Banten)
- Identifier
- RL Malay (Arab) 4 C 23 (Royal Library Copenhagen)
- Place
- Banten, Indonesia
- Date
- 1671 (1082 H)
- Language
- MalaySee all items with this value
- ArabicSee all items with this value
- JavaneseSee all items with this value
- DanishSee all items with this value
- Format
- European paper (thick and smooth paper without watermark, countermark only)
- Extent
- 49.5 x 39.5 cm (Text size: 26 x 17 cm, 13 lines per page)
- Description
- eng A letter dated 1082 H (1671) from Sultan Abul Fath (Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa) of Banten to King Christian V of Denmark. The letter grants permission to the King of Denmark's request for land in Banten to establish a Danish trading post and captain's residence. In exchange, the Sultan requests to purchase weapons, gunpowder (approx. 100 pikul per ship), and cannonballs whenever Danish ships sail to Banten. The text notes that Captain Hadhelar previously entrusted 170 bahar of pepper to Angabehi Cakradana. Written in black ink using Pegon script in Malay. Contains a circular black carbon seal of the Banten Sultanate in Arabic script on the upper right margin, a Javanese margin note reading ngilamat Sultan Banten 1082, and a Danish Gothic script annotation reading dette er Sultanen aft Bantam egenn hand, som hand self haffuer schreffuitt.
- ind Surat bertanggal 1082 H (1671) dari Sultan Abul Fath (Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa) dari Banten kepada Raja Denmark Christian V. Isinya mengabarkan bahwa permintaan Raja Denmark untuk mendapat tanah di Banten guna keperluan niaga/tempat kedudukan kapitan Denmark diizinkan oleh Sultan Banten. Sebagai imbalannya, Sultan ingin membeli senjata, obat bedil/mesiu (sekitar 100 pikul tiap kapal), dan peluru meriam setiap kali kapal Denmark berlayar ke Banten. Disebutkan pula bahwa sebelumnya Kapitan Hadhelar menitipkan 170 bahar lada kepada Angabehi Cakradana. Teks ditulis dengan tinta hitam dalam huruf Pegon berbahasa Melayu. Terdapat stempel karbon hitam Kesultanan Banten berhuruf Arab di margin kanan atas, catatan berhuruf Jawa ngilamat Sultan Banten 1082, serta catatan berhuruf Latin Gothic berbahasa Denmark dette er Sultanen aft Bantam egenn hand, som hand self haffuer schreffuitt.
- Provenance
- Royal Library Copenhagen (Archive section, record number: RL Malay (Arab) 4 C 23).
- Subject
- Diplomatic letter
- Banten Sultanate
- Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa
- Sultan Abul Fath
- Christian V
- Denmark-Banten relations
- Trade agreement
- Land grant
- Arms purchase
- Pegon script
- Bibliographic Citation
- Pudjiastuti, T. (2007). Perang, dagang, persahabatan: surat-surat Sultan Banten. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, pp. 33-35.