paguruyuang at minang kabau

Little story about paguruyuang at minang kabau

Emergence as a royal name Pagaruyung Malays can not be known with certainty, from Tambo Minangkabau society accepted by no one gave the dating of any events that are told, even if considered Adityawarman as the founder of this kingdom, Tambo themselves do not clearly mentioned. But from a few inscriptions left by Adityawarman, Adityawarman shows that once served the king in the country, precisely into God Surawasa, as the interpretation of the inscription Batusangkar.

From the manuscript returned by Adityawarman carved on the back of Arca Amoghapasa  mentioned in the year 1347 proclaimed himself king Adityawarman in Malayapura, Adityawarman was the son of Adwayawarman as Kuburajo inscription engraved on the son of Dara and Orange, the daughter of the royal Dharmasraya as mentioned in Pararaton. He was previously jointly fight mahapati Gajah Mada conquered Bali and Palembang.

And the interesting part of the script Suruaso inscription mentions Melayu Adityawarman complete the construction of ditches to irrigate the garden Nandana Sri Surawasa are always rich in rice  which was previously made by his uncle who became king of Akarendrawarman before, so it can be ascertained in accordance with the Minangkabau tradition, inheritance of mamak (uncle) to kamananakan (niece) have occurred during the

Adityawarman was originally sent to subdue important areas in Sumatra, such as Kuntu and Kampar is a producer of pepper and enthroned as the king's subordinates (uparaja) from Majapahit . Yet from inscriptions left by kings, there is no one mentioning something related to Java and later of the Bhumi Chinese news Adityawarman been known to send envoys to China as much as six times during the period 1371 to 1377

After the death of Adityawarman, the possibility of resubmitting the Majapahit royal expedition to conquer it in 1409 [5]. Minangkabau legends recorded a fierce battle with the army in the region of Padang Sibusuk Majapahit. It is said that the area is so called because many bodies were lying there. According to legend the Javanese army was defeated.

Before this kingdom stood, in fact Minangkabau society in the region already have such a political system of confederation, which is the deliberation of various institutions and Luhak Nagari. Viewed from the continuity of history, the Kingdom Pagaruyung is merely a kind of administrative system changes for the local community (Tribe Minang).


In the early 17th century, the kingdom was forced to recognize the sovereignty of the Sultanate of Aceh, and Aceh, which recognizes the governors appointed to the coastal areas of Sumatra's west coast. But around the year 1665, the public minang west coast rise and revolt against the governor of Aceh. From the letter of the Minangkabau ruler who called himself King Pagaruyung apply to the VOC, and VOC that time took the opportunity at once to break the monopoly of Aceh on the gold and pepper. And then a regent of the VOC through it in Padang, Jacob pits which covers territory from Kotawan (?) In the south to the north of Padang Barus sent a letter dated October 9, 1668, addressed to the Sultan Ahmadsyah, Zur-Karnain Iskandar, Lord of Minangkabau rich in gold, which tells that the VOC was able to control the western coastal region so that trade can be streamed back to the gold coast.

When the VOC succeeded in driving the Sultanate of Aceh from the coast of West Sumatra in Aceh in 1666 melemahlah Pagaruyung influence. Relations between the regions with the central coastal region and the Kingdom of Pagaruyung be closely again. At that time Pagaruyung is one trading center on the island of Sumatra, caused by the production of gold in there. So it attracted the attention of Dutch and English to build a relationship with Pagaruyung. There are records that the year 1684, a Portuguese named Tomas Dias Pagaruyung visits to the Dutch governor-general's command in the Malacca However, after the Dutch and English interactions with this inland area, they have yet to find significant gold reserves of the region

As a result of the conflict between England and France in the Napoleonic Wars in which the Netherlands is on the side of France, the Netherlands and England fight overran West Sumatra's west coast between the years 1795 to 1819. Thomas Stamford Raffles visited Pagaruyung in 1818, where it was started in the battle between the Padri and the Indigenous. When it was discovered that the royal capital Raffles combustion caused by the war experience that happens. After the peace between England and Holland in the year 1814, the Dutch back into the Padang in May 1819. Return the Netherlands to ensure its influence on the island of Sumatra and Pagaruyung, with tanganinya signed the Treaty of London in the year 1824 with the British.

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