Cerucuh (also written as cheruchoh, charochah, cheruchup, cerucah, and cerucup)[1][2][3][4][5] is an ancient, small Malay trading boat.[6] One of the earliest record of cerucuh has a background of 14th century, being mentioned in Malay Annals which was composed no earlier than 17th century, being used by Majapahit empire during the first Majapahit attack on Singapura (1350). Malay Annals recorded:
Maka betara Majapahitpun menitahkan hulubalangnya berlengkap perahu akan menyerang Singapura itu, seratus buah jung; lain dari itu beberapa melangbing dan kelulus, jongkong, cerucuh, tongkang, tiada terhisabkan lagi banyaknya.
So the king of Majapahit ordered his war commander to equip vessels for attacking Singapore, a hundred jong; other than that a few melangbing and kelulus; jongkong, cerucuh, tongkang, all in uncountable numbers.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Shellabear, William Girdlestone (1967). Sejarah Melayu. Oxford University Press. pp. 43, 316.
- ^ Leyden, John (1821). Malay Annals: Translated from the Malay language. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. p. 52.
- ^ Hill, A.H. (June 1960). "Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai". Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 33 (2 (190)): 1–215 [202]. JSTOR 41505497.
- ^ Iskandar, Teuku (1984). Kamus Dewan. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
- ^ Kheng, Cheah Boon; Ismail, Abdul Rahman Haji, eds. (1998). Sejarah Melayu The Malay Annals MS Raffles No. 18 Edisi Rumi Baru/New Romanised Edition. Academic Art & Printing Services Sdn. Bhd. p. 95. ISBN 9679948137.
- ^ Denisova, Tatiana A. (2011). Refleksi Historiografi Alam Melayu. Penerbit Universiti Malaya. p. 271. ISBN 978-9831009260.
- ^ See Muljana (2005). p. 65 and Nugroho (2011). p. 271, quoting Sejarah Melayu, 5.4: 47.
Further reading
edit- Muljana, Slamet (2005). Menuju Puncak Kemegahan; Sejarah Kerajaan Majapahit. Lkis Pelangi Aksara. ISBN 978-9798451355.
- Nugroho, Irawan Djoko (2011). Majapahit Peradaban Maritim. Suluh Nuswantara Bakti. ISBN 978-6029346008.