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Sméru massif, in Dutch called “De Oost hoek” (literally: The Eastern Corner), oc cupied an important place among the domin ions of the Javanese Kings. The easternmost district of Blambarjan, with the town of Banuwaaji, situated on Strait Bali opposite the western point of this island, is the theatre of some well-known Javanese epic and legendary tales: Sri Tanjuitj and Damar Wulan. In the present Synopsis they are registered in Part Three, Belles-Lettres (30.240 and 30.850). On account of its vicinity Blambatjan is mentioned repeatedly in Javanese-Balinese historical texts, which have been registered in the present Part Two, 20.900 and 21.200. Several times Balinese warriors invaded the Blambarjan district. The reverse also hap pened. According to legendary tales from Grësik, referring to the beginning of the period of the Muslim Pasisir culture, Blambatjan rulers for a time maintained the old pre- Islamic social and religious order. That was to be expected on account of the vicinity of conservative Bali. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the “Eastern Cor- “ner” districts were wavering between the sphere of influence of near-by Bali and the authority of the Muslim Javanese and Ma durese Regents, backed by the Dutch East India Company in far-off Batavia. Finally in the second half of the eighteenth century the Balinese were driven from Blambarjan, and as a result a considerable part of the “Eastern Corner” districts was occupied by ■Madurese invaders (see the present author’s Aantekeningen betreffende de Javaanse “Oosthoek”, TBG 1932, vol. 72). Manuscripts containing texts referring to

these districts are registered in the General Index under the catchwords Banuwai}i, Blambafyin (or Balambavyan), Pasuruhan (Gembow,) and Prabalir^ga (Banker). 22.510 Blambai}an history: cod. 2185 (- 10.556 = BCB prtf 65), 4087 (= 10.699 = BCB prtf 180), 4088. 22.520 Babad Bayu, episode of Biambarym history: cod. 4090 (= 10.698 = BCB prtf 179). 22.530 Notes on Banuwarji history: cod. 4089 (= 10.686 = BCB prtf 170). 22.540 Babad Pasuruhan (Gëmboi}): cod. CB 142. 22.550 Basuki history: cod. 2186. 22.700 Lombok histories and genealogies. In the pre-Islamic period Lombok, the island East of Bali, is only once or twice mentioned in literature. The distance separating it from the centre of culture in East Java was great. In the period of the Pasisir culture Muslim traders, probably from Grësik, appear to have converted part of the local Lombok chiefs to Islam. In a somewhat later period adventurous gentlemen from the easternmost Balinese districts, situated opposite the island of Lombok, organized raids and conquered the most fertile districts. They succeeded in founding a Balinese kingdom, where Balinese law and religious customs were observed, ruling over the indigenous partly Muslim population, called Sasaks. The name Mata- ram, given to an important centre in Lombok, reminds one of the powerful Javanese Kings of the seventeenth century. There is no evidence, however, that Javanese rulers of Mataram wielded power over Lombok at any time.