The Past and Present Ownership Status of the BantenSultanate’s Assets

Abstract

A number of seminars on the history of the Banten Sultanate have been held in universities and research centres in Banten and other places in Indonesia. Such seminars more often than not discuss the importance of Banten as one of the centres of intercontinental commerce region and Islamic teaching in Southeast Asia during the 16 wishes to make a relation between Banten and Islam usually refers to Snouck Hurgronje’s report that states that Bantenese were pious Muslims who were more aware with religious practices than other Muslims in Java. Furthermore, his report informs us that at the end of the 19 number of Bantenese were among the many Muslim students and teachers in the Jawi community who resided in Mecca. We also know that a lot of research activities on some aspects of Banten have been conducted, on the following subjects: archaeology, politics, economy, and linguistic. However, there is a lack of research dealing with specific themes, such as the status of the Banten Sultanate’s assets; in this case the land.