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It revisits Parlindungan’s 1964 publication claims and attempts to identify the Dutch colonial official Cornelis Poortman, whose reported career details conflict with Dutch records. Close textual analysis suggests both works were likely modern fabrications by a Dutch-educated author, while still drawing on authentic materials.","179  \nJournal of Southeast Asian Studies, 48(2), pp 179–195 June 2017.  \n© The National University of Singapore, 2017 doi:10.1017/S0022463417000030  \nThe two Kronik Tionghua of Semarang and Cirebon: A note on provenance and reliability  \nAlexander Wain  \nThis article is the first comprehensive evaluation of the provenance and reliability of the two enigmatic Kronik Tionghua texts of Semarang and Cirebon (the ‘Malay Annals of Semarang and Cerbon ’). Initially published by M.O. Parlindungan in 1964, historians have increasingly begun to use these documents when reconstructing Java ’s early Islamic history. This article is a long overdue attempt to positively identify the Dutch colonial official (Cornelis Poortman) whom Parlindungan claims to have received the texts from. Although the article establishes that Parlindungan almost certainly knew this individual, discrepancies between his version of Poortman ’s career and official Dutch records raise questions about whether Poortman could have found the two Kronik Tionghua, at least in the manner described. The article then ends with a close textual analysis of both Kronik Tionghua which demonstrates the possibility that both texts were written by a modern, Dutch-educated author. The article therefore concludes that both texts are probable fabrications, albeit ones based on  \nauthentic texts.  \nIn 1964, the Indonesian Batak historian, Mangaradja Onggang Parlindungan, published a book entitled Tuanku Rao. This text, designed to glorify a nineteenthcentury Minangkabau teacher of the same name (and who had been active in the Batak lands), included as an appendix an edited version of two reputedly peranakan (Sino-Malay) Javanese manuscripts. Parlindungan collectively called these texts Peranan orang2 Tionghwa/Islam/Hanafi didalam perkembangan agama Islam di pulau Djawa, 1411–1564 (The role of Chinese Hanafī Muslims in the spread of Islam in Java, 1411–1564) .1 Actually covering the period 1403–1585, Parlindungan  \nAlexander Wain is a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia. Correspondence in connection with this article should be addressed to: [alex@iais.org.my. The](alex@iais.org.my. The)[ ](alex@iais.org.my. The)[author would like to thank Kevin W. Fogg](author would like to thank Kevin W. Fogg), [Annabel Teh Gallop](Annabel Teh Gallop), [Alan Strathern](Alan Strathern), [Afifi al-Akiti and the](Afifi al-Akiti and the)  \njournal’s two anonymous reviewers, all of whom read and made invaluable comments on earlier drafts of this article. In addition, the author extends his heartfelt appreciation to Y.M. Prins ofthe Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Paul van Dongen, Keeper of Manuscripts at the Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, and Ruth Koole, Delft University, all of whom kindly took the time to assist him in his research. Most of all, however, the author would like to thank the Chinese community which currently cares for the Talang Temple, Cirebon — their kindness and openness to outsiders was truly inspiring.  \n1 Mangaradja Onggang Parlindungan, Pongkinangolngolan Sinambela gelar Tuanku Rao: Terror agama Islam mazhab Hambali di Tanah Batak 1816–1833 [Tuanku Rao (Pongkinangolngolan Sinambela):  \nDownloaded from [https:/www.cambridge.org/core. Cornell](https:/www.cambridge.org/core. Cornell) University Library, on 25 May 2017 at 08:09:08, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available  \nat [https:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms](https:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms). [https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463417000030](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463417000030)  \nclaimed that the original manuscripts his edited versions were based on had been found in 1928, in two Indonesian Chinese temples, one in Semarang and the other in Cirebon. Supposedly found by a Dutch colonial official called ‘Resident Poortman’,2 Parlindungan claimed that Poortman had subsequently taken both texts back to the Netherlands.3 There Parlindungan encountered them in 1937, aft","cbCaif5I05BIK9xt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif5I05BIK9xt","pdf",209788,3,1,17,"English","en",105,"# Provenance and Publication History\n## Parlindungan’s 1964 Account\n# Identifying Cornelis Poortman\n## Career Discrepancies with Dutch Records\n# Textual Analysis and Reliability Assessment\n## Modern Authorship and Possible Fabrication","[{\"question\":\"What subject does the article examine?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the provenance and reliability of two Kronik Tionghua texts associated with Semarang and Cirebon.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the article question the Dutch official Cornelis Poortman?\",\"answer\":\"Parlindungan’s account of Poortman’s career conflicts with official Dutch records, raising doubts about whether he could have obtained the texts as 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