Dewa Cawu(died April or May 1673) was a prince on the Island ofBali,who possibly reigned as king for a short while in the 1650s. He belonged to a dynasty that claimed descent from theHindu-JavaneseMajapahitEmpire,and kept itspalace(puri) inGelgelnear Bali's south coast.
Assistant to Dalem Di Made
editAccording toBalinesehistoriography,written much later, he was one of the fourteen sons of the kingDalem Seganing,and born from a co-wife (penawing).[1]He seems to have held a high position during the reign of his brotherDalem Di Made(1623?-1642?).Dutchsources from the 1630s mention a brother of the current ruler called 'T'jouw' or 'Tchau' who negotiated with theDutch East Indies Companyon the ruler's behalf.[2] According to an annual entry in the Balinese textPawawatekanthe Gelgelkingdomfell apart in 1651, at the same time as Dewa Cawu was enthroned as king. The outbreak of internal fighting on Bali in 1651 is likewise mentioned in Dutch sources.[3]
Exile and death
editDewa Cawu is not mentioned as ruler in his own right in later Balinesehistoriography.Also, his time as ruler orpretender-ruler was apparently short and hampered by the ongoing internalwarfare.By 1665 the old chiefministerof the kingdom,Anglurah Agung,had usurped power, which he retained until his death in 1686. An annal entry states that Dewa Cawu died in Guliang in the presentBangliregency,in 1673.[4]The 18th-centurychronicleBabad Dalemlikewise speaks of a ruler who died in exile in Guliang, although this ruler is identified with his elder brother Dalem Di Made.[5]The dynastic conditions on Bali at this time are therefore partly obscure, with largely contradictive sources.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^I Wayan Warna et al. (tr.),Babad Dalem; Teks dan Terjemahan.Denpasar: Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Daerah Tengkat I Bali 1986, p. 94.
- ^H.T. Colenbrander,Dagh-Register, gehouden int Casteel Batavia.'s-Gravenhage: Departement van Koloniën 1898, p. 177-82.
- ^H. Hägerdal, 'From Batuparang to Ayudhya; Bali and the Outside World, 1636-1656',Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde154 1998, p. 90.
- ^Candrasangkala: The Balinese Art Of Dating Events.p. 34.
- ^H. Hägerdal, 'Bali in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; Suggestions for a Chronology of the Gelgel Period',Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde151 1995, p. 119-20.
- ^H. Creese, 'Balinese Babad as Historical Sources; A Reinterpretation of the Fall of Gelgel',Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde147 1991.
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