.jpg) Be Biauw Tjoan, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen, late 19th century | |
| Luitenant der Chinezen | |
| In office 1846–1854 | |
| Constituency | Semarang, Central Java |
| Kapitein-titulair der Chinezen | |
| In office 1854–1862 | |
| Majoor-titulair der Chinezen | |
| In office 1862–1863 | |
| Majoor-titulair der Chinezen | |
| In office 1872–1904 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1826 Bagelen, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 1904 Semarang, Dutch East Indies |
| Spouse | Tan Ndjiang Nio |
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| Occupation | Bureaucrat, revenue farmer, tycoon |
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Be Biauw Tjoan, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen (Chinese: 馬淼泉; pinyin: mǎ miǎo'quán;1826–1904; also spelt Bhe Biauw Tjoan) was one of the most important Chinese-Indonesian magnates in the second half of the nineteenth century.[1] A bureaucrat, revenue farmer (pachter) and businessman, he headed the influential Be family of Bagelen, part of the ‘Cabang Atas’ gentry of the Indies.[1][2]
- ^ a b Rush, James R. (2007). Opium to Java: Revenue Farming and Chinese Enterprise in Colonial Indonesia, 1860-1910. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 978-979-3780-49-8. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Post, Peter (2010). "Java's Capitan Cina and Javanese Royal families: Status, Modernity and Power- Major Titular Be Kwat Koen and Mungkunegoro VII". International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies. 13: 49–66. Retrieved 3 December 2019.