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The Dohong (also Duhong or Duhung) is a dagger or short war sword from Borneo.The name is used figuratively to imply bravery. In other parts of Borneo, it is simply referred to as Mandau.
This is a list of sultans and kings of the former Jambi Sultanate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Royal House of Jambi is a royal house of the region of Jambi in the Indonesia , Sumatra . Historically the head of the Jambi Sultanate , the position of sultan today carries with it no political powers or privileges and is mostly a traditional figure.
The Jambi Sultanate (Jawi: كسلطانن جمبي , romanized: Kesultanan Jambi), alternatively known as Djambi, was a sultanate that was centered in the modern-day province of Jambi in Indonesia. Initially part of the Majapahit Empire, Jambi broke away in the early 16th century and established the sultanate in 1615.
The kris or keris [n 1] is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (pamor). [8] ...
Mosque in Jambi, during the colonial period. ca 1900–1939. Jambi was the site of the Melayu kingdom that engaged in trade throughout the Strait of Malacca and beyond. It was recorded as having sent a mission to China in 644 CE. It was annexed by Srivijaya by 685 CE, but tried to declare its independence in the 9th century.
The word "cetbang" is not found in old Javanese, it probably comes from the Chinese word chongtong (銃筒), which also influenced the Korean word 총통(). [1]: 93 The term "meriam coak" is from the Betawi language, it means "hollow cannon", referring to the breech.
The Melayu Kingdom (also known as Malayu, Dharmasraya Kingdom or the Jambi Kingdom; Chinese: 末羅瑜國; pinyin: Mòluóyú Guó, reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation mat-la-yu kwok) [1] [2] [3] was a classical Buddhist kingdom located in what is now the Indonesian province of West Sumatra and Jambi.
The name istinggar comes from the Portuguese word espingarda meaning arquebus or firearm. This term then corrupted into estingarda, eventually to setinggar or istinggar. [4]: 193 [2]: 53 [5]: 64 The word has many variations in the archipelago, such as satinggar, satenggar, istenggara, astengger, altanggar, astinggal, ispinggar, and tinggar.