Bupati

...The term was used ambiguously during the time of the Dutch East India Company. For example, in Ambon, southern Sulawesi, and western Sumatra, it could refer to the head of a relatively small region or village. In Java and Madura, however, it referred only to the highest ranking member of the indigenous ruling class who, as the Mataram Islamic and other kingdoms declined, were gradually incorporated into the Company's direct territories, while in other areas they were gradually becoming independent. In Indonesian and Javanese, it was called Bupati, and its administrative district was called Kabupaten (Dutch: Regentshap). In the Kabupaten capital, the offices of the Regent and the Dutch Assistant Resident were located side by side, and the latter was supposed to assist the former, but in reality it supervised and controlled them.

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…オランダ東インド会社時代の用法はあいまいで，たとえばアンボン，スラウェシ南部，スマトラ西部などでは比較的小さい地域ないし村落の首長をさすこともあるが，ジャワおよびマドゥラではマタラム･イスラムその他の諸王国の衰退に伴い，各地で自立化の傾向を強めつつ，やがて会社の直轄領に組み入れられていく土着支配層の最高位の者だけをさす。インドネシア語，ジャワ語ではブパティBupatiといい，その行政区域はカブパテン(オランダ語ではレヘントスハップ)と呼んだ。カブパテンの首府にはレヘントとオランダ人副理事官(アシステント･レシデント)との両役所が併置され，後者は前者を補佐するという建前で，実は監督し統制した。…

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