The Sultan of Yogyakarta was the Javanese Sultan who purchased the transport elephant Agam from the colonial army’s elephant transport in Aceh. In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), the Sultan of Yogyakarta is the book’s marker of the purchase of Agam: the Javanese Sultan who bought the male transport elephant before the elephant’s serious disagreement with his mahout and his wild behaviour led to his being put down by the firing-pony at Tangsé.
The Purchase of Agam
“Agam had been purchased by the Sultan of Yogyakarta, but before he could be brought to Medan to be transported onward to Java, he had a serious disagreement with his mahout and behaved so wildly that there was nothing for it but to put him down.” Agam had been purchased by the Sultan of Yogyakarta, but before he could be brought to Medan and on to Java, he had a serious disagreement with his mahout and behaved so wildly that there was nothing for it but to put him down. The Sultan of Yogyakarta’s purchase of Agam — and Agam’s wild behaviour that led to his being put down — is the book’s marker of the elephant transport’s purchase: the Javanese Sultan who bought the male transport elephant but who never received him, because Agam was put down at Tangsé before he could be transported to Java.
Significance
The Sultan of Yogyakarta is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as the Javanese Sultan who purchased the transport elephant Agam. The book’s argument — that the Sultan of Yogyakarta purchased Agam but that Agam was put down at Tangsé before he could be transported to Java — is the book’s marker of the elephant transport’s purchase and of Agam’s being put down. The Sultan of Yogyakarta is therefore the book’s marker of the purchase of Agam: the Javanese Sultan who never received the male transport elephant he had purchased.
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Source
Oost-Indisch Journael: Palaver om de tafel met het gat, by Merac, Toekan-Serie no. 2, ed. G. L. Tichelman (Haarlem: De Gulden Pers, 1947), chapter Atjeh’s Transport-Olifanten
The Sultan of Yogyakarta was the Javanese Sultan who purchased the transport elephant Agam from the colonial army’s elephant transport in Aceh. In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), the Sultan of Yogyakarta is the book’s marker of the purchase of Agam: the Javanese Sultan who bought the male transport elephant before the elephant’s serious disagreement with his mahout and his wild behaviour led to his being put down by the firing-pony at Tangsé.
The Purchase of Agam
“Agam had been purchased by the Sultan of Yogyakarta, but before he could be brought to Medan to be transported onward to Java, he had a serious disagreement with his mahout and behaved so wildly that there was nothing for it but to put him down.” Agam had been purchased by the Sultan of Yogyakarta, but before he could be brought to Medan and on to Java, he had a serious disagreement with his mahout and behaved so wildly that there was nothing for it but to put him down. The Sultan of Yogyakarta’s purchase of Agam — and Agam’s wild behaviour that led to his being put down — is the book’s marker of the elephant transport’s purchase: the Javanese Sultan who bought the male transport elephant but who never received him, because Agam was put down at Tangsé before he could be transported to Java.
Significance
The Sultan of Yogyakarta is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as the Javanese Sultan who purchased the transport elephant Agam. The book’s argument — that the Sultan of Yogyakarta purchased Agam but that Agam was put down at Tangsé before he could be transported to Java — is the book’s marker of the elephant transport’s purchase and of Agam’s being put down. The Sultan of Yogyakarta is therefore the book’s marker of the purchase of Agam: the Javanese Sultan who never received the male transport elephant he had purchased.
See Also
Source
Oost-Indisch Journael: Palaver om de tafel met het gat, by Merac, Toekan-Serie no. 2, ed. G. L. Tichelman (Haarlem: De Gulden Pers, 1947), chapter Atjeh’s Transport-Olifanten.