Old Port Pacification Superintendency

Old Port Pacification Superintendency
舊港宣慰使司
Client state of Great Ming
1407–c. 1440
Government
 • TypePrincipality
Chieftain xuanweishi (Chinese: 宣慰使) 
• 1407-c. 1423
Shi Jinqing
History 
• Established
Oct 8[1] 1407
• Disestablished
c. 1440
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Liang Daoming
Majapahit
Today part ofIndonesia

Old Port Pacification Superintendency (Chinese: 舊港宣慰司) was a pacification superintendency (宣慰司) established by Ming dynasty during early 15th century located in today's Palembang, Indonesia.[2][3]

List of rulers

  • Shi Jinqing (Chinese: 施进卿) – he was appointed as the ruler of Palembang by the Ming dynasty in 1407[1]
  • Shi Jisun (Chinese: 施濟孫) – the son of Shi Jinqing; after his father's death, he contested the rulership of Palembang against his sister, Shi Er-jie; he applied to the Ming dynasty in 1424 to succeed his father as the ruler of Palembang[4]
  • Shi Er-jie (Chinese: 施二姐) – the second daughter of Shi Jinqing; she succeeded her father; Ma Huan witnessed that she was the ruler of Palembang in 1431[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Yong-le: Year 5, Month 9, Day 8". NUS Press.
  2. ^ "Old Port Pacification Superintendency". Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu. NUS Press. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  3. ^ Wade, Geoff (29 May 2020). "Zheng He and Ming China's Voyages in the Early 15th Century". Oxford Research Encyclopedias. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.235.
  4. ^ a b Tan Yeok Seong (2005). "Chinese Element in the Islamization of Southeast Asia: A Study of the Story of Njai Gede Pinatih, the Great Lady of Gresik". In Leo Suryadinata (ed.). Admiral Zheng He and Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 58–71. ISBN 978-981-230-329-5.