Orang Kaya
Orang Kaya ( Malay for "rich" or "influential person", other spellings: Orang Kaja , Orang Kâja , Orangquai , Orangcay , Orangkaij , Orang Caija ) is a traditional title in the Malay language area . Because of its use for several centuries and across the large geographic region including the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago , the term denotes many different offices and positions.
Overview
In the Moluccas , the title of Orang Kaya can be found both on the northern Banda Islands and in the southern Moluccas on the Leti Islands . The Orang Kaya originally formed a merchant oligarchy within the local tribal societies. This gave rise to the title for chiefs and village chiefs appointed by the colonial powers.
In the west of the archipelago and on the Malay Peninsula , the Orang Kaya were subordinate to royal rule in the sultanates and were more closely involved in trade structures. Here the Orang Kaya formed their own social class. Various honorary titles are also associated with the designation "Orang Kaya".
See also
- Orang Kaya Kaya under Malay salutations and honorary degrees
literature
- RF Ellen: Conundrums about Panjandrums: On the Use of Titles in the Relations of Political Subordination in the Moluccas and along the Papuan Coast . Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University, doi: 10.2307 / 3351035 , JSTOR 3351035 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ RF Ellen: Conundrums about Panjandrums: On the Use of Titles in the Relations of Political Subordination in the Moluccas and along the Papuan Coast . Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University, doi: 10.2307 / 3351035 , JSTOR 3351035 .
- ^ A b Ernst Christoph Barchewitz: East Indian Travel Description , Chemnitz 1730, p. 248
- ↑ a b J. Kathirithamby-Wells: Royal Authority and the Orang Kaya in the Western Archipelago, Circa 1500–1800 (PDF) In: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 17, Issue 2, September 1986, pp. 256–267, doi: 10.1017 / S0022463400001041 .