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Babad Diponegoro or Autobiographical Chronicle of Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855). A Javanese nobleman, Indonesian national hero and pan-Islamist

The autobiographical chronicle of the Javanese nobleman, Indonesian national hero and Pan-Islamist, Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855) (literally 'The Light of the Country') of Yogyakarta - the Babad Diponegoro ('The Chronicle of Diponegoro') - written in exile in North Sulawesi (Celebes) in 1831-1832. It is the personal record of a key figure in modern Indonesian history. It is also the first ego-document (autobiography) in modern Javanese literature and shows unusual sensitivity to local conditions and experiences.

Text page of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. in the collection of the National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta.
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Registration Year: 2013
Submission Year: 2012
Submitted by: Indonesia, Netherlands
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Text page of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. in the collection of the National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta.
Text page of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. in the collection of the National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta.
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Text page of the first Dutch translation of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. From the collection of the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Text page of the first Dutch translation of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. From the collection of the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Text page of the first Dutch translation of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. From the collection of the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Text page of the first Dutch translation of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. From the collection of the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Public Domain
Text page of the first Dutch translation of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. From the collection of the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Text page of the first Dutch translation of the Babad Diponegoro-ms. From the collection of the KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Public Domain

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