Babad Diponegoro
| Babad Diponegoro | |
|---|---|
| National Library of Indonesia (Perpustakaan Nasional, Perpusnas), Jakarta. | |
Babad Diponegoro in Pegon script. | |
| Date | 20 May 1831–2 February 1832 |
| Place of origin | Manado and Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Language | Javanese |
| Author(s) | Diponegoro (also known as Bendara Raden Mas Antawirya, Dipanegara, Sultan Ngabul Kamit) |
| Other | Signature KBG 282 |
The Babad Diponegoro (Translation from Javanese: The Chronicle of Diponegoro, alternative spellings Babad Dipanagara, pronunciation "Babad Diponegoro" and Babad Dipanegara) is a reportedly autobiographical chronicle of the Indonesian rebel, national hero and Islamic mystic Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855). In 2013, it was inducted in the Memory of the World Register of UNESCO as a significant document of outstanding universal value, together with a 1875 manuscript Dutch translation.
A number of variant manuscripts exists, some also called Babad Diponegoro, all reporting on Prince Diponegoro's involvement in the Java War. For example, the illustrated Buku Kedhung Kebo (Chronicle of the Buffaloes' Watering Hole). The historian Peter Carey listed a number of these versions.