A n u n c l e o f A m a n g k u r a t XIX, P a n g e r a n P u g e r , sought a s s i s t a n c e f r o m the D u t c h in 1704 in o r d e r to g a i n the
throne for h i m s e l f . ^ W i t h D u t c h h e l p he w a s i n s t a l l e d in K a r t a s u r a and t o o k the title P a k u b u w a n a I. A m a n g k u r a t XXX fled f r o m the c a p i t a l and joined f o r c e s w i t h the B a l i n e s e r e b e l S u r a p a t i who, h a v i n g b e e n e x p e l l e d f r o m W e s t Java in the l 6 8 0 ’s by the Dutch, had e s t a b l i s h e d a new p o w e r base
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in E a s t Java«, Only in 1707 w e r e S u n a n M a s and the sons of
A c c o r d i n g to the B a b a d T a n a h D.jawi (p.26o) P a n g e r a n Pu g e r had a l r e a d y b e e n g i v e n the r i g h t to rule K a r t a s u r a , for he had r e c e i v e d the wah.ju (royal lustre) f r o m the f o r m e r k i n g A m a n g k u r a t X I 0 In t r a d i t i o n a l t e r m s the B a b a d T a n a h D j a w i also r e l a t e d h o w P a n g e r a n P u g e r o b t a i n e d the a s s i s t a n c e of the D u t c h i n h is u s u r p a t i o n of the throne:
T h e G o v e r n o r - G e n e r a l in B a t a v i a d i s c u s s e d w i t h his c o u n c i l l o r s w h a t should be do n e a b o u t the a c c e s s i o n o f A m a n g k u r a t I I I to the throne of S u r a k a r t a , T h e y a d v i s e d that the t e n u n g W e i a n d a (Dutch w i z a r d )
should be h i r e d to k i l l the new king. He had k i l l e d s e v e r a l k i n g s in o t h e r c o u n t r i e s . He was t h e r e f o r e h i r e d and sent to K a r t a s u r a . A r r i v i n g at the p a l a c e he a p p e a r e d b e f o r e the k i n g in the m i d d l e o f the
night and said to him: *1 a m the t e n u n g W e i a n d a ; are y o u the k i n g o f J a v a ? ’ T h e k i n g was so t e r r i f i e d by
the h o r r i b l e sight of the w i z a r d that he re p l i e d : ’I a m n ot the king. T h e k i n g of Java is m y u n c l e who l i v e s i n the K a p u g e r a n ( R e s i d e n c e of the p r i n c e Puger), to the n o r t h of h e r e l . T h e w i z a r d t h e n w e n t to the h o u s e of P a n g e r a n Puger, who w h e n told that M a n g k u r a t I I I h ad said that he w a s k i n g a c c e p t e d it g r a c i o u s l y . P a n g e r a n P u g e r then p i t t e d his m a g i c a l p o w e r s a g a i n s t those of the wizard, w h o m he turn e d into a d w a r f . Th e w i z a r d r e t u r n e d to B a t a v i a .
I n this w a y the a u t h o r o f the Babad showed h o w P a n g e r a n P u g e r w a s a c c e p t e d as k i n g by the Dutc h , b e c a u s e M a n g k u r a t X I I had sta t e d this to the e n v o y o f B a t a v i a , the w i z a r d . T h e a u t h o r a l s o m a d e it c l e a r that P u g e r w a s not to be
c o n s i d e r e d a p u p p e t of the D u t c h , b y m a k i n g P u g e r ’s magic s t r o n g e r t h a n that o f the w i z a r d . See B a b a d T a n a h D j a w i , op.cit.. p p . 264-5-.
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