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This collection of selected documents from the ANRI archives published as articles will expand over the years. This may be done with the help of specialists, students and university teachers. This overview shows all the articles present in the Harta Karun. The first articles were published in 2013 and the list is steadily growing. The article most recently released is shown first in the following list. You can select a column to re-order the articles. The articles are downloadable in both the English and Indonesian languages.

All selected documents are categorized into four main categories and twenty-four sub categories. The documents from 2013 were mainly selected from the late seventeenth century. Some sub categories expand quicker than others depending on the interests and contributions of scholarly collaborators.

The first articles were selected and created by an expert team of international historians, archivists and translators. Several international professors and senior lecturers wrote short introductions. But the further collection is also open to other individuals, or groups. When students, beginning researchers or others find an interesting document in the scanned series online or during their research in the ANRI-archives, they may propose this document for publication and the Harta Karun team may help to correct the transcription, help to translate and publish.

As the collection is not only open for the contributions of individuals, a group of students may also want to contribute a number of articles for a specific sub category or theme. Such an inititiative should be closely supervised by a university teacher. For further information please contact the Editor-in-Chief (see Organization -> Contact).

Release date Number Title Historical Date Category
Sept. 2, 2013 02 Brief account of the principal events on the voyage of the frigate the Geelvink to the Southland (Australia), 20 March 1697

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March 20, 1697 III.2 Ships, Crews, Voyages and Wrecks
Sept. 8, 2013 08 Complaints lodged by the inhabitants of Hunut on the island of Ambon, 14 July 1695

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July 14, 1695 III.4 Wars, Resistance and Opposition
Sept. 9, 2013 09 Inquiry of a Chinese trader about the Batak People in North Sumatra, 1 March 1701

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March 1, 1701 I.2 Lands, Islands, Travels and Maps
Nov. 4, 2016 23 Letter from King Narai (r. 1656-1688) in Ayutthaya to the Supreme Government in Batavia, (received) 2 March 1674, and the answer from Batavia, 27 april 1674

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April 27, 1674 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 3, 2016 22 Letter from King Narai (r. 1656-1688) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, (received) 1 December 1668

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Dec. 1, 1668 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Sept. 7, 2013 07 Letter from King of Johor, Abdul Jalil Shah IV (r. 1699-1720), to Governor-General Abraham van Riebeeck, 26 April 1713

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April 26, 1713 I.2 Lands, Islands, Travels and Maps
Dec. 31, 2014 16 Letter from Sultan Kuda of Manguindanao­­­ ­­­­­­­­ (r. 1699-1702) concerning the trading activities of Chinese nakhoda and the need for military support, 21 July 1700

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July 21, 1700 II.1 China, Japan, Formosa and the Philipphines
Dec. 29, 2014 14 Letter from Susuhunan Amangkurat II in Kartasura to the Supreme Government in Batavia, 18 December 1699

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Dec. 18, 1699 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 9, 2016 28 Letter from the acting Phrakhlang Phya Phiphat Kosa in Siam to the Supreme Government in Batavia, 13 January 1769, and the answer from Batavia, 29 May 1769

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Jan. 13, 1769 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 7, 2016 26 Letter from the Chaophraya Phrakhlang on behalf of King Borommakot (1733-1758) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, (received) 22 March 1735, and the answer from Batavia, 12 August 1735

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March 22, 1735 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 8, 2016 27 Letter from the Chaophraya Phrakhlang on behalf of King Borommakot Maha Dharmaracha II (1733-1758) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, (received) 29 March 1740, and the answer from Batavia, 28 August 1740

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March 29, 1740 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 5, 2016 24 Letter from the Chaophraya Phrakhlang on behalf of King Thai Sa (r. 1709-1733) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, before March 1719, and the answer from Batavia, 18 August 1719

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March 31, 1719 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 6, 2016 25 Letter from the Chaophraya Phrakhlang on behalf of King Thai Sa (r. 1709-1733) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, (received) 9 March 1730, and the answer from Batavia, 3 August 1730

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March 9, 1730 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Sept. 4, 2013 04 Letter from the Fugitive Pangeran Puger to the Supreme Government, 5 May 1704

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May 5, 1704 I.4 States, Territories, Rulers and Middlemen
Sept. 3, 2013 03 Letter from the King of Tonkin concerning the termination of the trading relation with the VOC, 10 February 1700

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Feb. 10, 1700 II.2 Mainland Southeast Asia (Tonkin, Siam, Pegu)
Oct. 31, 2016 19 Letter from the Phrakhlang on behalf of King Phetracha of Siam (r. 1688-1703) to the Supreme Government, 12 February 1689 and the answer from Batavia, 4 Mei 1689

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Feb. 12, 1689 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 2, 2016 21 Letter from the Phrakhlang on behalf of King Prasatthong (r. 1629-1656) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, 2 March 1641

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March 2, 1641 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Nov. 1, 2016 20 Letter from the Phrakhlang on behalf of King Somdet Phrachao Seua of Siam (r. 1703-1709) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, circa March 1703, and the answer from Batavia, 27 August 1703

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Feb. 19, 1704 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Oct. 30, 2016 18 Letter from the Phrakhlang on behalf of the King of Siam Narai (r. 1656-1688) to the Supreme Government in Batavia, 27 January 1683 and a reply from Batavia 11 May 1683

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Jan. 27, 1683 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy
Dec. 30, 2014 15 Letter from the Supreme Government to the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah I (r. 1707 – 1712), 4 October 1709

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Oct. 4, 1709 III.5 Co-operations, Relations and Diplomacy