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A critical English edition and translation of two Makassarese court chronicles — texts that record the rulers and political history of the Gowa and Talloq kingdoms in South Sulawesi during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Edited and translated by historian William Cummings, this volume (part of Bibliotheca Indonesica 33) presents the original Makassarese texts with transliterations, introductions, notes, and a glossary, offering scholars reliable access to primary sources for understanding pre-colonial Makassarese political culture, genealogical frameworks, and the rise of Gowa as a dominant regional power before Dutch colonial conquest. It is an invaluable resource for historians, anthropologists, linguists, and researchers of Southeast Asian history.

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