PIYAGEM TANJUN : DINAMIKA SOSIAL POLITIK DAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT ULUAN PALEMBANG ABAD KE-18

Abstract

Tanjun  Charter is one of the collections of the South Sumatra State Museum with inventory code 07.45. Found in the Ranau area, South Ogan Komering Ulu. The  Tanjun  Charter is a product of the Palembang Sultanate during the reign of Sultan Ahmad Najamudin (1758-1776). The  Tanjun  Charter is made of copper plates with dimensions of 34.6 cm long and 22 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick. The  Tanju?  Charter is written using Central Javanese script and Javanese which has been mixed with the local Palembang language. The uniqueness of the  Tanjun  Charter contains the dynamics of the Socio-Economic and Politic  life of the Uluan Palembang Community. On the other hand, the Uluan region has an important role in economic progress towards the Palembang Sultanate and Uluan as the hegemonic region of the Palembang Sultanate in the legal life system is subject to the rules of the Palembang Sultanate. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method and Critical Discourse Analaysiz (CDA) Approach to see the Socio-Economic and Politic dynamics of the Uluan Palembang community and has an important role in the collective network of Palembang and Javanese society. Piyagem Tanjun as the local wisdom of the Palembang community has implications in the academic field as a source of contextual local history learning by adding it as teaching material in fostering historical awareness in the field of literacy and knowledge of manuscripts in Palembang.