The Variety Of The Ethnic In Palembang At Dutch Colonial Period : The study of The Imbalance of Colonial government policy between the Arab and China (1825-1942)

Abstract

After the Palembang Darussalam Sultanate collapsed in 1825, the colonial government
took full control of the territory of the former of the sultanate. The colonial government made
Palembang be a crowded city with many foreign visitors. It made Palembang to be the central of
economic matters of South Sumatra region at the time. The Foreigner who came to Palembang are
Chinese, Arabs and Europeans. They had different purposes such as selling and staying. With the
settlement of foreign immigrants in the city of Palembang, they must obey the rule of the government
of colonial government. the Colonial Government gave different treatments for migrants in
Palembang. The European became the first priority among other sellers. The Chinese and the arabs
who were from different ethnics got imbalance policy. The Chinese was more special than arabs. The
Chinese was regarded to be qualified enough for giving the profit to the colonial government. Beside
that the government thought that the arabs would impede for directness of colonial government in
Palembang.
Keywords: inequality, colonial, foreign entrants,