The Hikayat Banjar (حكاية بنجر) is the chronicle of

Banjarmasin ) , translit_lang1 = Other , translit_lang1_type1 = Jawi , translit_lang1_info1 = بنجر ماسين , settlement_type = City , motto = ''Kayuh Baimbai'' ( Banjare ...

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. This text, also called the History of Lambung Mangkurat, contains the history of the kings of Banjar and of

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in southeast and south

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respectively. The final part of the text dates from 1663 or slightly later; the first part is older. The text is 4787 lines long (120 pages quarto). A careful text edition alongside a detailed description of the literary and cultural-historical context was published by the Dutch philologist

Hans Ras Johannes Jacobus (Hans) Ras (1 April 1926 – 22 October 2003) was emeritus professor of Javanese language and literature at Leiden University, the Netherlands. In 1961 he was lecturer at the University of Malaya, and in 1969 first representat ...

in 1968.

Structure

Structurally the Hikayat Banjar can be divided in nine sections. The first story details the origin of the Hindu Kingdom in South-east Borneo. The function of this story is clearly to give the model for the political organisation or the realm and to set the standards for court ceremony and etiquette. Then there follow eight sections giving in succession the story of: * the first king and queen of the dynasty, followed by a piece of

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(kraton I) * the first king of Negara Daha/ Negara Daya, followed by a piece of genealogy (kraton II) * the first king of

Banjarmasin ) , translit_lang1 = Other , translit_lang1_type1 = Jawi , translit_lang1_info1 = بنجر ماسين , settlement_type = City , motto = ''Kayuh Baimbai'' ( Banjare ...

, followed by a piece of genealogy (kraton III) * the first king of Martapura, followed by a piece of genealogy (kraton IV)

Different versions

The text of the Hikayat Banjar was written and rewritten several times. Of several that have been preserved; the "Recension II" version derives from an older version derived from oral tradition, whereas another variant at the

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MS. Or. 1701, presents a more modern version.

References

External links

Malay Concordance Project
Banjarmasin Precolonial states of Indonesia Malay-language literature History of Borneo Books about monarchs {{SEAsia-hist-stub