Senin, 06 Juni 2011

Penyengat Island

1. Penyengat Island

Penyengat Island or Island Penyengat designation Inderasakti in historical sources, is a small island located approximately 6 km from the town of Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands Province of central government. This island measuring approximately 2,500 meters x 750 meters, and is approximately 35 km from the island of Batam. This island can be addressed by using a boat, or better known bot bot pompong. By using a bot pompong, requiring travel time approximately 15 minutes.

Penyengat Island is one of the attractions in the Riau Islands. One of the objects that we can see is the Grand Mosque of Sultan Riau made ​​from egg whites, the tombs of the king, the tomb of the national hero Raja Ali Haji, the Palace complex and the Office of the fortress on Mount Seat.


In the 18th century, Raja Haji to build a fort on the island Penyengat, the fort was precisely located on the Mount Seat, there was placed some cannon as the base defense Bintan He mastered the wife of King Hamida year 1804. Her son then ruled the Riau islands of Pulau Penyengat. Meanwhile, his brother reigned on the island of Linga in the south and founded the Linga-Riau Sultanate.

 Palace Complex Office as objects of tourism on the island Penyengat




Engku Princess Tomb of King Hamida (d. 12/07/1844)






The tomb of the kings (King Ja'afar and Raja Ali Marhum Office) situated in the middle of the island Penyengat
  



Masjid Sultan Riau on the island highway Penyengat



Welcome to Island Penyengat




Sultanate of Riau-Linga
Sultanate of Riau-Linga is the Islamic empire centered Linga Archipelago which is a fraction of the Sultanate of Johor. The Sultanate was established by agreement between Britain and the Netherlands in 1824 by Sultan Abdul Rahman Muadzam Shah as the first sultan. The Sultanate was abolished by the Dutch colonial government on February 3, 1911.

Sultanate of Riau-Lingga Area includes the modern provinces of Riau Islands, but not including Riau province dominated by the Sultanate of Siak, who previously had separated themselves from the Johor-Riau.

Empire has an important role in the development of Malay language to be a shape now as the Indonesian language. During this Malay sultanate became the standard language parallel to other major languages ​​in the world, rich with literary and monolingual dictionaries. Major figure behind the rapid development of the Malay language was Raja Ali Haji, a poet and historian of the Malay-Bugis descent.


History

Riau-Ling was originally a part of the Malacca Sultanate, and later the Sultanate of Johor-Riau. In 1811 Sultan Mahmud Shah III died. At that time, the eldest son, Tengku Hussain was a wedding in Pahang. According to the customary court, a person can only be king prince Sultan if he is next to the Sultan when it dies. In a dispute arising out of Britain to support the oldest son, Husayn, while the Dutch support his half brother, Abdul Rahman. Treaty of London in 1824 dividing the Sultanate of Johor into two: Johor was under the influence of Britain while the Riau-Ling was in the Dutch influence. Abdul Rahman passed into the King of Riau -Ling with the title of Sultan Abdul Rahman Muadzam Shah, and based in Daik, Linga Archipelago.

Hussain Sultan who supported Britain in its capital initially in Singapore, but later his son Sultan Ali handed over power to Tumenggung Johor, who later founded the modern Johor sultanate.

On October 7, 1857 Dutch East Indies government
dropped Sultan Mahmud IV from the throne. At that time the Sultan was in Singapore. As his successor was appointed his uncle, who became king with the title of Sultan Sulaiman Shah Alam II Badarul. Position the young king (his lordship Young), which is usually held by noble Bugis descent united with the position of king by Sultan Abdul Rahman II Muadzam Shah in 1899. Not wanting to sign a contract that limits the power of Sultan Abdul Rahman II left Penyengat Island and moved to Singapore. Government of the Netherlands East Indies dropped Sultan Abdul Rahman II in absentee February 3, 1911, and formally direct rule in 1913.




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