Letter
Receipt Letter from Sultan Abulmafakhir Muhammad Aliuddin to Nicholas Mijboom, 1781
- Title
- eng Receipt Letter from Sultan Abulmafakhir Muhammad Aliuddin to Nicholas Mijboom, 1781
- ind Surat Sultan Abulmafakhir Muhammad Aliuddin kepada Nicholas Mijboom, 1781
- Contributor
- Nicholas Mijboom / Mébum / Kumandur (VOC Commander in Banten - Recipient)
- Kumandur sipi Nikulasy / Nicholas (Former VOC Commander)
- Identifier
- ANRI VOC Banten 18 (Banten 14.3) (Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia, Jakarta)
- Place
- Banten, Indonesia
- Format
- European paper (Featuring a "picket fence" watermark and "J & I Honig" countermark)
- Extent
- Document: 40 x 30 cm
- Dutch Text (Left Column): 21 x 15 cm
- Pegon Text (Right Column): 24 x 15 cm (18 lines per page)
- Description
- eng A payment receipt letter written on 1 November 1781 by Sultan Abulmafakhir Muhammad Aliuddin of Banten to Nicholas Mijboom, the Dutch VOC Commander in Banten. The document certifies that the Sultan received gold and silver payments (including riyal muda, riyal pasymat, and tangawan) totaling 50,916 riyal muda 41 tangawan (or 38,187 riyal pasymat 41 tangawan) for various goods and silver sent to Batavia by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Written in black ink using vocalized Pegon script in Malay on the right side and Latin script in Dutch on the left side. The layout is straightforward without standard Malay Terasul letter elements (lacks header or stamp seal), but bears the Sultan's handwritten signature on the lower right margin. Uses Dutch-manufactured European paper from the late 17th–18th century.
- ind Surat tanda terima pembayaran yang ditulis pada tanggal 1 November 1781 oleh Sultan Abulmafakhir Muhammad Aliuddin dari Banten kepada Nicholas Mijboom, Komandur VOC Belanda di Banten. Isinya menyatakan bahwa Sultan telah menerima pembayaran uang emas dan perak (seperti riyal muda, riyal pasymat, dan tangawan) sebesar 50.916 riyal muda 41 tangawan (atau 38.187 riyal pasymat 41 tangawan) atas berbagai barang dan perak yang dikirimkan ke Batavia oleh Kumpani (VOC). Teks ditulis menggunakan tinta hitam dalam aksara Pegon berharakat berbahasa Melayu di sebelah kanan dan huruf Latin berbahasa Belanda di sebelah kiri. Penulisan sangat sederhana tanpa mengikuti kaidah Kitab Terasul (tanpa kepala surat dan stempel), namun disahkan oleh tanda tangan langsung Sultan Banten di margin bawah kanan. Menggunakan kertas Eropa buatan Belanda paruh kedua abad ke-17 hingga abad ke-18.
- Provenance
- Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (ANRI), Jakarta (Record number: ANRI VOC Banten 18 / Banten 14.3).
- Subject
- Financial receipt
- Banten Sultanate
- Sultan Abulmafakhir Muhammad Aliuddin
- Nicholas Mijboom
- VOC
- Gold and silver trade
- Currency exchange
- Pegon script
- Dutch language
- Kuta Intan
- Bibliographic Citation
- Pudjiastuti, T. (2007). Perang, dagang, persahabatan: surat-surat Sultan Banten. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, pp. 80-82.