Title: The seen and unseen worlds in Java, 1726-1749 : history, literature, and Islam in the court of Pakubuwana II /
Authors: Ricklefs, M. C.
Publisher: Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen & Unwin ; University of Hawaii Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Paku Buwana; Javanese literature History and criticism; Islam Indonesia Java History.; Java (Indonesia) History
Contents: 1. Seen and unseen worlds at the start of Pakubuwana II's reign, 1726-8 -- 2. Ratu Pakubuwana's three magic books from the time of Sultan Agung, 1729-30 -- 3. Ratu Pakubuwana's minor texts and Sultan Agung's Suluk Garwa Kancana, 1730 -- 4. The tales of Cabolek and prince Mangkubumi c. 1731 -- 5. The younger generation takes charge, 1731-6 -- 6. Belief, power and literature, 1737-8 -- 7. The failure of the mystic king, 1739-40 -- 8. Holy War and catastrophe, 1741-2 -- 9. Winners, losers and the supernatural, 1742-4 -- 10. Last acts: The abandonment of Kartasura and the final years of Pakubuwana II, 1744-9 -- Conclusion: Religion and the reign of Pakubuwana II -- App. I. Raffles Java 14: Caritanira Askandar Dulkarnen -- App. II. Principal members of the Mataram dynasty in the later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.