GRAAF, H.J. de. - De moord op kapitein François Tack 8 Febr. 1686.

Amsterdam, H.J. Paris, 1935. Wrappers. With plate. VIII,170 pp. Thesis. - François Tack was the leader of a V.O.C. delegation to Susuhunan Amangkurat II, ruler of the kingdom of Mataram, who held court in Kartasura. The aim of this mission was to make a settlement concerning the money the Susuhunan owed to the V.O.C and to ask for extradition of Surapati, a former Balinese slave, who raided the countryside south of Batavia and who had sought refuge at the court of Amangkurat II. The Dutch who thought of Surapati as a murderer, never succeeded to caputure him. The Javanese on the other hand thought of him as a warrior for freedom. The story of Surapati's life is told in the Javanese text Babad Kraton.

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