Tanjungpura headman

Who he is

Title

Port headman of Tanjungpura (title not known)

Since

not pinned

Born

not known

Family

not known

Confidence

low

Tanjungpura appears as Tan-jung-wu-lo in the Zhufan zhi's list of Java's dependencies (about 1225) and as Tanjungpura in the Nagarakretagama (1365). The local chronicle's king list (Wikipedia, 'Tanjungpura Kingdom') starts with a king in the eighth century and a 'Hyang-Ta' for 900 to 977, and its first firm date is 1431; it is not evidence for 1200.

Overlord

Not pinned: the Zhufan zhi (about 1225) lists it among Java's dependencies; whether Kediri collected anything from it in 1200 is not shown.

What it holds

• The Pawan river mouth and its landing
• The passage inland to the Pawan headwaters and over to the Kapuas
• Diamonds and gold from the interior, by the campaign board's reading

Allies and rivals

Java is the great trading partner; the Zhufan zhi's list counts the place as Java's about 1225.

How things stand that morning

Not described for 1200. Whether a Javanese claim meant anything is not shown.

Wealth

Gold, diamonds and forest goods. No figures.

Threats

• Raiders
• Silting of the Pawan mouth

Places of note

• Tanjungpura (Pawan district): District mark for a port whose site is argued.

Where the sources disagree

• The campaign board entry id tanjungpura-pawan places the port at -1.8, 109.98 (the Ketapang area) and calls it contested; agreed. The Tanjungpura chronicle's 'Hyang-Ta' and the 977 envoy 'Hsiang-ta' share a name, which some link to the question of where Po-ni stood; that is not evidence.
• The campaign board entry id landak-diamonds (0.383, 109.95) is a Kapuas-side river; kept with the Kapuas record.

Evidence: Two later name lists; the campaign board marks it 'contested'.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

On the map: Marks a district, not a site.