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Name: pagaruyung

Type: Cluster

Start: 1348 AD

End: 1833 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Pagaruyung Kingdom
  • Pagaruyung Kingdom (British Colony)
  • Establishment


  • January 1348: In 1347, the kingdom of Pagaruyung was founded by Adityawarman, who according to Chinese sources controlled Dharmasraya.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1351: Adityawarman is believed to have founded the Pagaruyung Kingdom and presided over the central Sumatra region between 1347 and 1375.

  • January 1376: Majapahit loss of Pagarruyung.

  • January 1451: The Jambi Sultanate was established in 1450 in the region of Jambi, Sumatra. The early history of the sultanate is closely linked to the Islamization of Sumatra, with both events occurring around the fifteenth century.

  • January 1521: Ali Mughayat Syah, the sultante of Aceh, began campaigns to extend his control over northern Sumatra in 1520. His conquests included Deli, Pedir, and Pasai.

  • January 1602: In the beginning of the 17th-century, Palembang became one of the centers of Islam in Indonesia. The sultanate of Kraton Kuto Gawang was founded in the area by Ki Gede ing Suro, a nobleman from the Demak Sultanate.

  • January 1686: British Bencoolen was a possession of the British East India Company (EIC) from 1685. It covered about 480 km along the southwestern coast of Sumatra.

  • January 1783: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1782.

  • January 1796: In 1795, the British took control of the west coast of Sumatra, including the Pagaruyung Kingdom. This period of British rule lasted until 1819. The British presence in the region was part of their larger colonial ambitions in Southeast Asia.

  • January 1820: During the British control of the west coast of Sumatra between 1795 and 1819, the Pagaruyung Kingdom in the region faced political and territorial challenges. The British influence eventually ended in 1819, leading to the territory returning to the Pagaruyung Kingdom.

  • March 1824: With the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Johor Sultanate was divided in zones of inluence between the British and the Dutch.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1834: Pagaruyung Kingdom submitted to the Dutch.
  • Selected Sources


  • Dutch East Indies Expansion. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dutch_East_Indies_Expansion.gif
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