Proceedings of the Fifth Sriwijaya University Learning and Education International Conference (SULE-IC 2022)

The Relationship Between Orang Laut and Palembang in 17–18 Centuries

Authors
Farida Ratu Wargadalem1, *, Diki Tri Apriansyah Putra2
1History Education Study Program, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia
2Student at History Department, Faculty of Humanities, Indonesia University, Depok, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: farida_wd@fkip.unsri.ac.id
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Farida Ratu Wargadalem
Available Online 7 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-010-7_38How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Orang Laut; Palembang; Pirate
Abstract

In Indonesia's maritime history, Palembang holds important legitimacy as the capital of Sriwijaya Kingdom and Palembang Sultanate which is a large maritime kingdom in Sumatra Island region and Malacca Strait. Of course, in achieving this success, it turns out that there is a role for the Orang Laut who contributed to securing Palembang sea area and Malacca Strait. Srivijaya's efforts to integrate the strength of the Orang Laut continued into the next period. This study tries to examine the relationship between Orang Laut and Palembang. What was the background and dynamics that occured in the relationship. This study uses historical methods (hueristics, verification, interpretation, and historiography) with an anthropological approach. The objectives show that the structure of the relationship between Orang Laut and Palembang was formed from time to time as an outcome of mutually beneficial and patron-client relationships that existed until the colonial period. However, after Palembang Sultanate, relationship between Orang Laut and Palembang began to strain due to Orang Laut was labelled as pirates by the Dutch. In the end, the relationship ended when Palembang was fully controlled by the Dutch.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Fifth Sriwijaya University Learning and Education International Conference (SULE-IC 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
7 March 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-010-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-010-7_38How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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