Examples of Historical Romance in Indonesian

When Ambun Suri, the daughter of Raja Di Hulu, was an adult, the nobles around Kampung Hulu Inderapura invited them to try their luck as her husband. Almost no one was lucky, except for Sultan Muhammad Syah from the Lower City of Inderapura. Ambun Suri accepted it not because he was interested, but because Sultan Muhammad Syah was a king who was more powerful than Raja Di Hulu, and he wanted to serve his parents.

This incident invited gossip in the community, because Sultan Muhammad Syah was a greedy sultan who according to them did not deserve to marry this beautiful and virtuous princess. Putri Kemala Sari, Sultan Muhammad Syah's first wife was also hot-tempered and did not let her husband marry Ambun Suri, who used to be his playmate. He also planned to thwart the marriage.

Kemala Sari invites Ambun Suri to bathe in the river. There he harmed her so that the kind daughter drowned. All attempts to find the body failed.

Sultan Ali Akbar who holds the title Raja Adil, Ambun Suri's older brother was angry when he learned that his sister's death was

act Muhammad Shah's wife. War broke out between the two kings. Muhammad Shah then asked the company for help, which added to the anger of Raja Adil.

But in the end, Raja Adil lost, and his area was scorched. Its inhabitants were destroyed, along with the two parents of Raja Adil. He himself retreated with his troops to regroup.

Meanwhile, story turned to Sutan Malakewi, a young man who wandered to try his luck. He left his college because his penchant for fighting cocks had consumed his parents' fortune, who then refused to give him any more money. He joins a group of merchants, who are then attacked by bandits. Sutan Malakewi managed to escape, and was helped by Princess Rubiah who had a beautiful daughter named Sarawaya.

Sutan Malakewi was brought before the Little Rich, who had ties to the Dutch Company. The Little Rich then considered Sutan Malakewi as his own son. Moreover, later he learned that Sutan Malakewi often crushed the Pauh people who often attacked Padang, the company's center of power on the Minangkabau coast. Sutan Malakewi then conspired with the Company.

At that time the Company was not only hostile to the local kings, but also to the Acehnese who were still in power in the northern coastal areas of Minangkabau. Sutan Malakewi, who was later given the title Hulubalang Raja, did not refuse to crush the Company's enemies. He managed to destroy his enemies, except for Raja Adil who was persistent in his defense.

Hulubalang Raja then looked for his sister who was reportedly kidnapped by Raja Adil. He left Little Rich Man and Princess Sarawaya, who now loved him very much, entered Raja Adil's territory in disguise. But his cover was exposed. He was then brought before King Adil. Hulubalang Raja was then surprised to find out that his sister Adnan Dewi had become King Adil's wife. The person who had been his enemy all this time turned out to be his own brother-in-law. Raja Adil and Hulubalang Raja then forgot their enmity and made peace.

Hundreds of years ago, deep in the wilderness at the northern tip of Borneo, there was a community of Dayak people from the children of the Apo Kayan tribe of the Uma Afan clan with the leader is the beautiful and beautiful Kayan Princess, Asung Luwan, who lives in a frightening fog due to the fierce attack of barbarian forces from the highlands Sarawak.

The leader of the barbarian army was Sumbang Lawing. Together with his troops, he destroyed every settlement found in the highlands of Apo Kayan which was like a merciless hurricane. In turn, Sumbang Lawing's rampage also hit the community settlements of the Kayan Uma Afan clan, resulting in The best warrior and tribal leader who was also Asung Luwan's brother, namely Sadang and his father Wan Paren died in the eyes of Manau Contributed Lawyers.

Fire The revenge that burned her soul made the teenage girl become strong so that she became the leader of her clan and vowed to take revenge on Sumbang Lawing. In the midst of desperation, there is a prophecy of the arrival of a prince from across the country who becomes the savior god and the mate of Princess Kayan.

The prince was Datu Mancang, son of Sultan Dipertuan Agung who led the Sultanate of Brunei. One day, on the advice of Datu Mahubut, a prominent Arab cleric and government advisor, the elderly Sultan ordered Datu Mancang to immediately sail to expand Brunei's territory by circling the southern region of the island of Borneo at once religious symbols. Datu Mahubut also promised to accompany Datu Mancang in his adventure to find a new colony. Participating in this voyage was the admiral named Datu Tantalangi.

On the way, the ship the Prince was on was hit by a big storm. After almost three days adrift at sea, the Prince and his crew then docked to the sea land located between the Binai, Mangkupadi and Tanah Kuning rivers close to the River Delta Kayan.

A few days later, they sailed down the Kayan River to find a community of people supposedly led by a beautiful woman. Not long after, they managed to find the community which was none other than Apo Kayan Uma Afan and approached the community peacefully. That's when the Prince met Asung Luwan for the first time and they fell for each other love. The Prince and his followers were then well received by the residents of Apo Kayan Uma Afan, as well as Princess Asung Luwan and were allowed to live in the area. The princess was reminded of her mother's prediction about the arrival of a prince from the other side who became the savior god as well as Princess Kayan's mate.

After a few days in the residential area of ​​Apo Kayan Uma Afan, Putri Asung Luwan then told the reason why the Princess and her followers lived in Apo Kayan Uma Afan. From the story of the Princess, Datu Mancang catches message that the Princess needed his help to fight the Sumbang Lawing troops. Datu Mancang immediately developed a strategy with Datu Mahubut and Datu Tantalangi to deal with the Sumbang Lawing troops and efforts to spread Islam, as well as to build a new territory.

Time passed and the mission to attack Sumbang Lawing began. The Prince and his troops departed using several long boats to the Sumbang Lawing headquarters in the interior of the Kayan River. The Prince made a strategy to carry out a direct attack on the heart of the defense of the Sumbang Lawing troops by dividing his troops into small troops with special tasks. The purpose of this strategy is to trick the Sumbang Lawing troops.

At that time, the Sumbang Lawing troops were drinking palm wine which made them lose consciousness. This situation was used by the Prince's troops to attack the Sumbang Lawing troops. Fierce war was inevitable. Having previously felt the upper hand because the Prince's army was being pushed aside, the situation then turned around and Contributing Lawing was finally also pressured due to the arrival of the reserve troops led by Datu Challenge.

After suffering defeat due to the attack, Sumbang Lawing then sent his envoy to present a challenge to the leader of the troops, Prince Datu Mancang, for a one-on-one duel. On the condition that if Sumbang Lawing loses, he and his troops leave the land of Apo Kayan. However, if they win, the whole area will become a colony of the Iban troops, the Sumbang Lawing troops.

The duel between the Prince Datu Mancang and Sumbang Lawing took place in two rounds. In the first round, the Prince Datu Mancang managed to make Sumbang Lawing not move but did not beat him. The reason was that Datu Mancang did not want to beat Sumbang Lawing in a bloody duel, let alone kill him because it would lead to a new grudge.

The Prince also gave a new challenge to Sumbang Lawing in the second duel which aimed to end the conflict on the plains of Apo Kayan. The challenge is in the form of a competition to slash large limes or oranges that are spilled from the top of a hill that has been denuded as much as possible. In this competition, Prince Datu Mancang came out as the winner because he managed to cut more limes or oranges from Donate Lawing. The Kayan and the Iban were finally able to end the war tribe which has been happening without revenge.

After the duel, Prince Datu Mancang proposed and married Princess Asung Luwan. The wedding party was lively because it was attended by dozens of Brunei troops who faithfully accompanied the Prince with Princess Asung Luwan. From the marriage of the two ethnic groups, it was later recorded in the history of the birth of a tribe called the Bulungan Tribe. The fruit of the marriage of the Prince and Princess Asung Luwan gave birth to a jury of sultans who led the Bulungan Sultanate for generations.