Hindu rulers, Muslim subjects
Subtitle: Lombok and Bali in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
By: Hans Hägerdal.
Publisher: White Lotus Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Bangkok, Thailand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Hinduism -- Indonesia -- Lombok.; Hinduism -- Indonesia -- Bali Island.; Hinduism -- Relations -- Islam.; Lombok (Indonesia) -- History.; Bali Island (Indonesia) -- History.; Indonesia -- History -- 1478-1798.
Other titles: Lombok and Bali in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Description: This book discusses a fascinating historical episode, the establishing of Balinese Hindu rule over the predominantly Muslim population of Lombok, concentrating on the years 1700-1748. Materials covering this period are re-examined and further interesting information provided as to what happened at the time, seen in a regional context, including ethnic and religious relationships, besides the cultural basis for legitimacy of leadership. The broader aspect of how a Hindu minority was able to rule a Muslim majority is of special interest, also in respect to its outcome. Deteriorating ethnic relationships in one part of the island led to a rebellion in 1891, thus paving the way for Dutch colonial conquest in 1894: the disruption caused by the arrival of the Dutch East Indian Company in an area in the late 1600s having played a role in setting the stage for the events here described. Another example of Hindu rulers governing a mainly Muslim population can be found in Kashmir.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.