Sultanate of Cirebon - Historiography

Historiography

Most of the history of Cirebon Sultanate were found from local Javanese chronicle known as Babad. Some of notable chronicles that focused on the history of Cirebon are Carita Purwaka Caruban Nagari and Babad Cerbon. Foreign sources also mentioned Cirebon, such as Tomé Pires' Suma Oriental, written in 1512-1515. The later period of the sultanate documented from the colonial Dutch East Indies sources. Other than recording its own history, one of royal houses of Cirebon, especially Keraton Keprabonan led by Wangsakerta princes, also actively recording and researching the history of Java by collecting old manuscripts.