Tanjungpura Kingdom

Tanjungpura Kingdom
Kerajaan Tanjungpura
Flag of Tanjungpura Kingdom
Flag used during the Matan Kingdom Era
StatusPart of the Dutch East Indies (from 1779)
CapitalTanjungpura
Negeri Baru (1487)
Sukadana (1590)
Sungai Matan
Indra Laya
Kartapura
Tanjungpura (resettle)
Muliakarta
Religion
Hindu-Buddhism (first era), Animism, Sunni Islam (last era)
GovernmentAbsolute Monarchy
History 
• Established
8th Century
• Integration with Indonesia
17 August 1950
Succeeded by
Indonesia
Today part ofIndonesia

Tanjungpura Kingdom or Tanjompura[1] was the name of an ancient 8th century kingdom that was located along the southwestern coast of Borneo facing the Java Sea, a region that today corresponds to the Ketapang Regency of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. The kingdom experienced several moves of the royal capital, first located in Negeri Baru (current village name) Ketapang Regency, then moved to Sukadana (currently the capital of North Kayong Regency), since Panembahan Sorgi (Giri Kesuma) embraced Islam.

The Kingdom of Tanjungpura is proof that the civilisation of Tanah Kayong was quite advanced in the past. Tanjungpura was once a province of the Singasari Kingdom as Bakulapura. The name "bakula" comes from Sanskrit which means a tanjung plant (Mimusops elengi), so that after being elongated it became Tanjungpura. Some of the descendants of this kingdom are scattered in several regions due to marriage, etc. There are those who live in Mempawah, Pontianak and several other cities. There are some descendants of this kingdom who released their titles and did not use their royal titles.

  1. ^ Tomé Pires, Armando Cortesão, Francisco Rodrigues (1990). The Suma Oriental of Tome Pires: An Account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, Written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515, and The Book of Francisco Rodrigues, Rutter of a Voyage in the Red Sea, Nautical Rules, Almanack and Maps, Written and Drawn in the East Before 1515. Vol. 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 224. ISBN 8120605357.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)