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27.020 History of Javanese kingdoms, in verse, concise version: cod. 1837. 27.030 History of Mataram Kings, prose version, Meinsma: cod. 1833 I-III, NBS 236, KITLV Or 8, KITLV Or 9, KITLV Or 10, CB 127. 27.200 Histories of the Yogya- k a r t a Kingdom. The Yogyakarta Sul tanate was in a state of unrest for three quarters of a century after its foundation in 1755. For a long time relations between Surakarta and Yogyakarta were strained, and the Dutch governor’s authority was barely strong enough to maintain the peace in Central Java. During the administration of Marshall Daendels and during the British interregnum (1811-1814) Yogyakarta had to cope with disturbances due to' succession disputes, which eventually developed into' a war in 1813. The British forces invaded the Sultan’s residence and sacked it. Finally in 1813 Sir Stamford Raffles saw fit to* install a younger member of the Royal Family as an independent Prince with dominions of his own, in the same manner as the Sura karta King had been forced to tolerate the independent Prince Matjku Nagara residing in the same town. In Yogyakarta the second ary ruler was called Prince Paku Alam. In the course of the nineteenth century both the Maijkunagaran and the Pakualaman families could boast of some gifted members who were patrons of letters. In the present Synopsis Maijkunagaran and Pakualaman history will be discussed under separate beads (28.200 and 28.000). In Yogyakarta the troubles of the Mat)ku Bumi period prior to the foundation of the

Sultanate and the ensuing disturbances be came the subject-matter of several historical works. The unfortunate war with the British was given the name prat} Spèhi, on account of the Indian sepoys serving in the British army. Manuscripts containing information on the subject have been registered in the General Index under the catchword Yogya karta. 27.210 History of Amëi}ku Buwana I, Yogyakarta tradition: cod. 2191. 27.220 Yogyakarta history: cod. 2294 (Major Babad tradition). 27.230 Yogyakarta history, British inter regnum, Babad Spèhi: cod. 2045 (Bëdah IJayogya), 5765, NBS 36 (= 5540). ' 27.240 Yogyakarta history, Babad Spèhi, Ma^kudinisgrat: cod. 6791. 27.250 Yogyakarta history with sar)kalas, in verse: cod. 8604 (Surya Raja). 27.260 Yogyakarta history: cod. 6602 (KBG 165). 27.400 Histories of the Dipa Nagara troubles. The major distur bance in Yogyakarta history was the Dipa Nagara war, 1825-1830. Originating in Court disputes, the troubles spread over the greater part of Central Java. In the course of the war the Yogyakarta prince Dipa Nagara, originally a malcontent, became the centre of a powerful group of insurgents. Islamic Messianic hopes were placed on him: he was called Eru Cakra. In the end the Dutch forces, supported by Javanese and Madurese