Search Letters

The index of thousands of diplomatic letters can be searched by entering one or more search fields. As all letters do have a source location, destination location, and the name of the ruler who wrote the particular letter, searching with one or more of these search fields will generally give good results. To filter still further the number of results, it is possible to set a time frame. Selection can lead to one or more results. Each result can be clicked on, invoking the browse page on the exact position of the letter in the scans of the original volume of the Daily Journals of Batavia Castle.


You searched for: Ruler is Sultan Muhammad. We found 299 results. hide search form

Inserted on Description Archive Reference
June 21, 1666
Source: Tanjungpura
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 17, page 91-92 
file 2468, folio 167-169 
July 10, 1673
Source: Tanjungpura
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 21, page 186-188 
file 2476, folio 363-365 
May 15, 1678
Original Date: Apr. 23, 1678
Source: Makassar
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 26, page 208-212 
file 2482, folio 321-328 
Nov. 22, 1678
Original Date: Nov. 21, 1678
Source: Batavia
Destination: Kakappar
Notes: On Galesong' s retreat from the attack on Kediri.
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 26, page 679-679 
file 2483, folio 1085-1086 
April 4, 1679
Original Date: Nov. 28, 1678
Source: Kakappar
Destination: Batavia
Notes: A very interesting gratitude offered to Karaeng Bisei, showing how the Macassarese warlords are caught between the camp of Trunajaya and the VOC.
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 27, page 129-129 
file 2484, folio 208-209 
March 9, 1680
Original Date: Jan. 30, 1680
Source: Indramayu
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 28, page 104-106 
file 2486, folio 256-260 
March 18, 1680
Source: Indramayu
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 28, page 117-120 
file 2486, folio 282-284 
March 28, 1680
Original Date: Mar. 26, 1680
Source: Batavia
Destination: Indramayu
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 28, page 134-137 
file 2486, folio 315-322 
June 5, 1680
Original Date: May. 27, 1680
Source: Cirebon
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 28, page 339-341 
file 2487, folio 753-756 
May 2, 1685
Original Date: Apr. 30, 1685
Source: Batavia
Destination: Inderapura
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2498, folio 359-361 
Oct. 14, 1685
Source: Inderapura
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2499, folio 819-826 
Nov. 21, 1685
Original Date: Nov. 20, 1685
Source: Batavia
Destination: Inderapura
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2499, folio 929-930 
Feb. 19, 1694
Source: Inderapura
Destination: Batavia
Notes: A letter addressed to a sultan no longer in charge
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2512, folio 118-119 
Oct. 1, 1698
Original Date: Sep. 30, 1698
Source: Batavia
Destinations: Sukadana, Tanjungpura
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2518, folio 566-570 
June 12, 1699
Source: Tanjungpura
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2519, folio 382-385 
Aug. 26, 1699
Original Date: Aug. 25, 1699
Source: Batavia
Destinations: Sukadana, Tanjungpura
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2519, folio 543-545 
March 8, 1706
Source: Palembang
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2528, folio 100-101 
March 8, 1706
Source: Palembang
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2528, folio 101-101 
March 28, 1706
Original Date: 1706
Source: Batavia
Destination: Palembang
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2528, folio 122-123 
Oct. 26, 1706
Source: Palembang
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
file 2529, folio 523-524