This version of the chronicle of Gresik, a port polity in East Java, discusses several events relarting to the saintly Giri genealogy and the expansionism of the Mataram Sultanate in the seventeenth century.
Sindujoyo was of the disciples of the legendary Javanese Islamic scholar and ruler Sunan Prapen. This manuscript turns Sindujoyo into a legendary warrior who roamed through Java from battle to battle half a century after Sunan Prapen’s death. Facing armies, winning cockfights, and riding crocodi...
Entrance gateway to Tomb of Malik Maulana Ibrahim at Gresik (E. Java)
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(28) Entrance gateway to Tomb of Malik Maulana Ibrahim at Gresik (E. Java). c.1812 Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Santrie Malic Ibraim - Santrie Semalong (?) No. 3.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 19.5 by 15 ins. Note: Duplicate of WD927. WD915-927 are all by Javanese artists. Such drawings were ma...
The tomb of Susuhunan Ratu Giri near Gresik (E. Java)
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(29) The tomb of Susuhunan Ratu Giri near Gresik (E. Java). c.1812. Inscribed on front in ink and pencil: ‘The Tomb of Susuhanan Ratoe Gierie, on the East of Java. No 5.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 19.5 by 15.5 ins.
The Tomb of Susuhunan Ratu Giri near Gresik (E. Java)
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(30) The Tomb of Susuhunan Ratu Giri near Gresik (E. Java). c.1812. Inscribed on front in ink and pencil: ‘Sanaz Ratoe Giri. No 6’; also Javanese inscription. Pen-and-ink and wash; 16.5 by 14.75 ins.
Outer gateway to the Tomb of Susuhunan Ratu Girl near Gresik (E. Java)
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(31) Outer gateway to the Tomb of Susuhunan Ratu Giri near Gresik (E. Java). c.1812. Inscribed on front in pencil and ink: ‘Rata Ghee. No 7’; also Javanese inscription. Pen-and-ink and wash; 18.5 by 13.5 ins.
Tomb of Malik Maulana Ibrahim near Gresik (E. Java)
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(32) Tomb of Malik Maulana Ibrahim near Gresik (E. Java). c.1812. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘No 1’; also Arabic inscription. Pen-and-ink and wash; 15.5 by 21 ins.
Tomb of Malik Maulana Ibrahim near Gresik (E. Java)
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(33) Tomb of Malik Maulana Ibrahim near Gresik (E. Java). c.1811. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘No 2’. Pen-and-ink and wash; 15.5 by 21 ins. Duplicate of WD919 but without Arabic inscription.
(34) The holy ‘kris’ of the Susuhunan Ratu Giri. c.1812. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘This Drawing represents the knees of the Geeree of Cadaton which was made by Keesora angoon angoon (?) and given to the Sunan Trassen who gave it Sunang Ratoo the time that this was made is the year Javi 15...
(35) Tomb of Princess Tjirmin near Gresik (E.Java). c.1810. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Tomb’ ‘of Pootri Tjirmin.’ Pen-and-ink and wash; 17 by 10.75 ins.
