Surapati

Surapati , Si Untung ( appr . Untung Suropati ; circa 1660 , Bali - December 5, 1706 , , East Java ) - Indonesian semi-legendary military leader, leader of the popular movement on the island of Java against the Dutch colonialists. Information about it is found in the "History of the Land of Java", a collection of historical manuscripts in the 18th century Javanese language . By a decree of November 3, 1975, he was posthumously awarded the title of national hero of Indonesia.

Surapati
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Birth	c. 1660 Bali
Death	December 5, 1706 ( 1706-12-05 ) , East Java
Religion	Islam
Awards	National Hero of Indonesia
Military service
Rank	lieutenant
Battles	The liberation struggle against the Dutch colonialists

According to The History of the Land of Java, Surapati was born in Bali, but was captured by an officer of the Dutch East India Company van Beber (or possibly Chinese or Arab slave traders) and sold into slavery to a Dutch merchant or officer Moore in Batavia in early childhood. Presumably, in reality, his name was Suraviroji; the name “Surapati”, which means “bringing happiness”, was given to him by the Dutch.

He was in slavery until about the time of imprisonment at the age of twenty due to a love affair with the daughter of the owner Susannah. However, he soon rebelled and fled to the western part of the island, which was called Preanger, where for several years he waged a guerrilla war against a number of slaves along with a number of escaping slaves. After surrendering in 1683 to the Dutch Sultan Bantam Surapati, being taken by surprise, accepted the Dutch proposal to join them in service: becoming a lieutenant, he received the task of intercepting the fleeing . Having successfully completed this mission and witnessing the execution of a pangeran by the ensign, Kuffeler, Surapati decided to continue active hostilities against the colonialists: on January 28, 1684, he defeated Kuffeler's forces near the Chicalong river and again hid in the forests, as a result of sorties with his comrades he equipped them with a European firearm weapons.

In 1685 he entered the service of the Sultan of Mataram , who conducted military operations against the conquerors. In February 1686, in the palace of the residence of the Sultan, located in the city of Curtasur, he defeated the Dutch, who sought to capture him. During the battle, Commissioner Tuck, van Fleet, Lieutenant van der Meer and Fronk were killed, as a result of which his authority among the inhabitants of the Sultanate, including Amangkurat II, who appointed him his bodyguard and who gave his daughter Raden Gusik earlier, significantly increased. Thus, he managed to form a state that was virtually independent of Mataram in the eastern part of the island and successfully defended its interests in the struggle against the colonialists.

After the death in 1703 of Amanggurat II, civil strife began in Mataram. As a result of the support of Surapati in 1705, Amanggurat III, who was opposed by the loyal to the Dutch Paku Buvono I, the state formed by Surapati declared war on the Dutch East India Company, during which he was mortally wounded in 1706, while holding the defense of Bangil. He was buried in an anonymous grave, but after discovering it in 1707, the Dutch burned his remains and scattered the ashes into the sea. The state formed by Surapati, in power in which were his sons, lasted until 1719. In 1723, the Dutch captured his two sons and sent them into exile in Ceylon; his last descendant folded his head in 1767.