Muhammad Kaharuddin III

Muhammad Kaharuddin III
Muhammad Kaharuddin III in 1947
Regent of Sumbawa
In office
22 January 1959 – 1960
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byMadilaoe ADT
United States of Indonesia Senator
In office
16 February 1950 – 5 April 1950
Succeeded byPandji Tisna
ConstituencyState of East Indonesia
Sultan of Sumbawa
In office
1931 – 8 November 1975[a]
Preceded byMuhammad Jalaluddin III
Succeeded byMuhammad Kaharuddin IV
Chair of Provisional Representative Body
In office
27 May 1947 – 2 March 1950
Preceded byTadjuddin Noor
Succeeded byHusain Puang Limboro
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Kaharuddin Daeng Manurung

1902
Sumbawa Besar, Dutch East Indies
Died8 November 1975 (aged 73)
Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Muhammad Kaharuddin III (1902 – 8 November 1975) was an Indonesian politician and royal who was the 16th Sultan of Sumbawa, a senator of the United States of Indonesia, and the regent of Sumbawa Regency between 1959 and 1960. He was also active in the politics of the State of East Indonesia, where he chaired its legislature between 1947 and its dissolution in 1950.

Career

Kaharuddin (center) as Speaker of the East Indonesia parliament.

He was born in Sumbawa Besar on 1902, the son of Sultan Muhammad Jalaluddin III.[3] He ascended to the throne on his father's death in 1931, and married the eldest daughter of Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin of the neighboring Sultanate of Bima.[4] In 1932, a new palace was completed, which he lived in until 1959.[5][6] Following the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, both Kaharuddin and the Sultan of Bima announced that their Sultanates were seceding from Dutch authority, and "awaited the arrival of Japanese forces".[7] On 14 December 1948, he signed an agreement with the Dutch colonial authorities which ceded rights to foreign relations, defense, and the monopoly on salt and opium trade to the Dutch.[8]

During the Indonesian National Revolution, Kaharuddin attended the Denpasar Conference, where he unsuccessfully proposed the inclusion of Kalimantan in the State of East Indonesia (NIT).[9] He was also active in NIT, where he was appointed the speaker of the parliament.[10] He was appointed to the position after the removal of the previous chair, Tadjuddin Noor, on 27 May 1947.[11] Due to this position, he was approached by Abdul Haris Nasution, who unsuccessfully attempted to lobby Kaharuddin into allowing the Indonesian National Armed Forces to place their officers in the territorial commands in Eastern Indonesia.[12] He also for a time in 1947 served as acting president due to the departure of East Indonesia President Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting.[13] During this acting presidency, he dismissed NIT's prime minister Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa.[14] He remained as chairman of NIT's parliament until he was replaced by Husain Puang Limboro on 2 March 1950.[15]

Kaharuddin also represented NIT in the Senate of the United States of Indonesia alongside Melkias Agustinus Pellaupessy.[16] He later resigned from the senate on 5 April 1950,[17] and was replaced by Pandji Tisna who took office on 14 August 1950.[18] On 22 January 1959, Sumbawa's status as an autonomous region was revoked, hence abolishing the remaining authority of the sultanate, and Kaharuddin was provisionally appointed as its first regent. He served in that position until 1960.[8]

Death

He died on 8 November 1975 in his home at Sumbawa Besar, at the age of 73. He was buried there, next to his father's grave.[3] The Sultanate's throne remained vacant until 2011, when his son Daeng Mohammad Abdurrahman Kaharuddin ascended to the throne as Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin IV, although without any governing authority.[2] The Sultan Muhammad Kaharuddin III Airport in Sumbawa is named after him.[19] The house he occupied from his abdication until his death, known as Bala Kuning, contains a number of artifacts of the sultanate and is a tourist destination.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Another alternative date is 17 December 1958, upon the reorganization of the Sultanate's territories into West Nusa Tenggara.[1] His death in 1975 is the date considered as the start of the vacancy of the throne by his successor.[2]

References

  1. ^ "REGION PROFILE" (in Indonesian). West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Pagi Ini DMA Kaharuddin Dinobatkan Sebagai Sultan Sumbawa ke-17". Tempo (in Indonesian). 5 April 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Daerah sepintas: Sumbawa Besar - Sultan Sumbawa Tutup Usia". Kompas (in Indonesian). 17 November 1975. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ Kartadarmadja, M. Sunjata; Kutoyo, Sutrisno (1978). Sejarah kebangkitan nasional daerah Nusa Tenggara Barat (in Indonesian). Proyek Penelitian dan Pencatatan Kebudayaan Daerah, Pusat Penelitian Sejarah dan Budaya, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. p. 80.
  5. ^ Peninggalan sejarah dan kepurbakalaan Nusa Tenggara Barat (in Indonesian). Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Kantor Wilayah Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat, Bagian Proyek Pembinaan Permuseuman Nusa Tenggara Barat. 1997. p. 129.
  6. ^ a b Ulung, Gagas (26 August 2013). Uniquely Lombok-Sumbawa (in Indonesian). Gramedia Pustaka Utama. ISBN 978-979-22-8726-4.
  7. ^ Martadinata, Sudrajat (2 August 2021). Saat Kekayaan Serupa Bintang: Studi Etnografi Istana Dalam Loka (in Indonesian). Penerbit Peneleh. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-623-6366-03-5.
  8. ^ a b Sumbawa menjelang setengah abad (in Indonesian). Pemerintah Kabupaten Sumbawa. 2008. pp. 47–49. ISBN 978-979-15832-6-8.
  9. ^ Agung 1996, pp. 129–130.
  10. ^ Pendidikan politik rakjat (in Indonesian). Ministry of Information of East Indonesia. 1947. p. 28.
  11. ^ Agung 1996, pp. 226–227.
  12. ^ Nasution, Abdul Haris (1966). Sedjarah perdjuangan nasional dibidang bersendjata (in Indonesian). Mega Bookstore. p. 162.
  13. ^ Agung 1996, pp. 272–273.
  14. ^ Agung 1996, p. 304.
  15. ^ "Korte Berichten". De locomotief. 4 March 1950. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  16. ^ Agung, Ide Anak Agung Gde (1996). From the Formation of the State of East Indonesia Towards the Establishment of the United States of Indonesia. Yayasan Obor Indonesia. p. 691. ISBN 978-979-461-216-3.
  17. ^ "Twee senatoren afgereden". De vrije pers : ochtendbulletin. 6 April 1950. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  18. ^ Kepartaian dan parlementaria Indonesia (in Indonesian). Kementerian Penerangan. 1954. p. 624.
  19. ^ "Lima Tokoh Pulau Sumbawa Diusulkan Jadi Pahlawan Nasional". Suara NTB (in Indonesian). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2021.