Demang Lebar Daun
Malay · mortal · Malay traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Demang Lebar Daun is the chief of Palembang who yields his throne to the newcome Sang Sapurba and gives his daughter Wan Sendari in marriage. Their exchange of solemn oaths is the charter of Malay kingship, cited throughout the Sejarah Melayu: that the ruler shall never put his subjects to shame however they offend, and that the subjects shall never commit treason against him however ill they are used, on pain that the breaking of the bond by the ruler will bring his house to ruin. The covenant frames the moral logic of every dynastic crisis in the chronicle.
Domains
- chieftainship
- covenant law
Powers
- bind the royal covenant
Relations
- ally: Sang SapurbaYields his throne to Sang Sapurba and gives his daughter Wan Sendari in marriage.Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals), trans. C.C. Brown (1970), ch. 2. (primary)
Sources
- Demang Lebar Daun is the ruler of Palembang who submits to Sang Sapurba and exchanges the founding covenant of Malay kingship with him.: Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals), trans. C.C. Brown (Kuala Lumpur: MBRAS reprint, 1970), ch. 2. (primary)