Exhuming Burie Stones: The Treaty of Timurung (1582) during seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
This article examines the Treaty of Timurung concluded in 1582 between the Bugis lands of Boné, Wajo’ and Soppéng in South Sulawesi, Indonesia; and of the manners in which this treaty was referred to during the two centuries following its conclusion. It looks first at the nature of Bugis treaties ge...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Archipel
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | This article examines the Treaty of Timurung concluded in 1582 between the Bugis lands of Boné, Wajo’ and Soppéng in South Sulawesi, Indonesia; and of the manners in which this treaty was referred to during the two centuries following its conclusion. It looks first at the nature of Bugis treaties generally and then at the ways the Treaty of Timurung was used in a variety of political situations. These include the Makassar War (1666-69), the trials of La Maddukelleng in the 1760s, and a succession crisis in Gowa during the late 1770s. Based on both published and unpublished sources, this article includes not only the text of the Treaty of Timurung but also comments about this treaty attributed to numerous early modern Bugis state officials. Through its diachronic examination of a single treaty from a lesser-known society, this article offers cross-cultural insights into the use of treaties as a legal tool. |
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