Babad Tanah Jawi who proved with Jawi script is a work of literary history in the form of songs of Java. As the Chronicle / baboon / ledger to the center of Mataram kingdom era, this book never lost in any assessment about what happens on the ground Jawa.Buku also contains genealogy of the kings of Mataram kingdom embryo, which is also unique in this book the author gives the hook to the prophet Adam and other prophets as ancestors Hindu kings of Mataram in Java to Islam. The genealogy of the kings Pajajaran who also got first place. Next Majapahit, Demak, continues sequentially to arrive Display and Mataram kingdom in the mid-18.Buku has been used as one of the historical reconstruction baboon Java. But realize thickened mixture of myth and cult, experts always use it with a critical approach.
Many versions,
Babad Tanah Jawi has many versions. According to the historian Hoesein Djajadiningrat, if you want simplified version of the diversity that can be divided into two groups. First, the chronicle written by Braja Carik on orders Sunan Pakubowono III. Braja's writing is then distributed to the public in 1788. While the second group is a chronicle published by P. Adilangu II with the oldest manuscript bertarikh 1722.Perbedaan them lies in the telling of the history of ancient Javanese before the appearance of the embryo of the Mataram kingdom. The first group only briefly tells the history of Mataram, a pedigree has few details. While the second group is equipped with a long story lebar.Babad Land Jawi have drawn the attention of many historians. Among other historians HJ de Graaf. According to what is written in the chronicles Tanah Jawi can be trusted, especially the story about the event in 1600 until the time of Kartasura in the 18th century. Similarly, the events since the year 1580 to review the kingdom Pajang. However, for the story after that era, de Graaf did not dare call history data: too laden mix of mythology, cosmology, and dongeng.Selain Graaf, Meinsma be on the list Babad Tanah Jawi enthusiasts. Even in 1874 he published a prose version done by Kertapraja. Meinsma based his work on a chronicle written Carik Braja. The work Meinsma This is what many outstanding until kini.Balai Library also do not want to lose. Ahead of World War II they publish dozens of volumes Babad Tanah Jawi in its original form. Genuine truth because in the form of song and writing Java.
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