HISTORY OF SIMALUNGUN

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the name 'Simalungun' used by the Dutch East Indies government subordinate to the government of the residency of East Sumatra, namely the so-called en Karolanden Simeloengoen. What is meant by Simeloengoen (= Simalungun) is the Kingdom Siantar, Tanoh Javanese kingdom, the Kingdom Panei, Dolog Silou kingdom, the Kingdom of Kingdom, the Kingdom of Ancient and Royal Silimakuta, who each signed such an agreement (known as Korte Verklaring, 'Short Agreement') with the Dutch East Indies government in 1904 (and updated in 1907).

Almost simultaneously with the formation of the government Simeloengoen en Karolanden earlier, the name 'Simalungun' is used as a tribal name for the people who inhabit the seven kingdom kingdom in Simeloengoenlanden earlier. As the name of the tribe, called 'Simalungun' is used for the entire population of the kingdom-the kingdom last seven, although the word 'Simalungun' rarely used the population (and government) each kingdom, because they still distinguish people with the title in the language Simalungun, namely by using the word sin or par, for example sin Kingdom, Panei here, here Purba, par Siantar.

Since that time also the name Simalungun often used as a tribal name. 2) But not only for residents of seven kingdom-the kingdom before, but all residents of North Sumatra that have the same culture with the culture of people who are in seventh kingdom, the Kingdom had, which spread in Deli Serdang (and Bedagai), in Asahan, in Dairi , in Karo.

Along with use of the word 'Simalungun' as the name of the tribe, as previously used, namely 'East Batak', or 'Timoerlanden', the more rarely used.

One tribe is distinguished from other ethnic groups because of cultural differences. I often say to fellow Simalungun, cultures do palegankon Simalungun humbani legan na tribe. Simalungun will remain and exist (although the population is not much) if halak Simalungun maintain a culture that sets it apart from other tribes. Conversely, if no longer willing to maintain a culture that distinguishes it from other tribes, and prefer to 'adapt' itself to the culture of other tribes, halak Simalungun will disappear from this earth.



First, the population halak Simalungun who subject themselves to the culture of ethnic Malays, given the nickname domma gabe pious Malays. Either because the Islamic religion, or because the move to areas populated halak Malay, or because manundalhon arihan (ie, meaningful defected from the kingdom in his tribe, and then subjecting themselves to the authorities in the region outside Simalungun). There is also a pious so Karo, usually because they live in areas with a population of Karo.

Conversely, halak Toba (and or par Naidoo) a lot of pious become Simalungun. That said, according to the TBA Ancient Pond (deceased), since its inception Harajaon Dolog Silou, 3) existing clans and clan Simarmata Sipayung in Dolog Silou, and no clan Sinaga. They had become pious Simalungun. This process occurs because someone left the pious culture of origin and make the local culture into its culture.
So, in the sense of culture do palegankon tribes, Simalungun will continue to exist as one of the ethnic groups in Indonesia (and the world) as long as there are those who maintain their culture, namely the so-called culture Simalungun, as long as there are those who want to become halak Simalungun (in the sense of cultured Simalungun).

As already dikemukan earlier, since the beginning of the 20th century are increasingly being used as Simalungun to a tribe that lived in the seventh kingdom in Simeloengoenlanden region and surrounding areas (which is then inserted into the neighboring territories with 7 Kerjaan earlier (which is now the Deli Serdang, Serdang Bedagai, Tebing high, Asahan District, District Tobasa, Dairi, Karo District). Previously, more commonly used name of a nationality of the population, such as Panei here (for the people of the Kingdom Panei), par Sordang (call for Serdang Sultanate people). While the 'outsiders' who came to visit or to an area inhabited meleliti halak Simalungun, prefer to use the designation of East Batak, probably due to stay in the territory east of the other clump-Batak tribe.
Among the authors halak Simalungun, there are still many who argue that before the Dutch colonial expanded into populated areas Simalungun (and find the fact of the Kingdom 7), there are 4 Empire in Simalungun, called King Maroppat, namely Silou, Panei, Siantar and Tanoh Java. Some even believe that the title of King Maroppat is Simalungun concept. I've pointed out that the title of King Maroppat derived from his concept tuha peuet Sultanate of Aceh now expanding its influence into the region of East Sumatra. But the opinion had not changed. 4)

There is also an opinion, before there was King Maroppat, there is only one kingdom, the kingdom Silou.
But in one respect. it seems everything is agreed, that was only one kingdom, the kingdom Nagur.

If it can later be accepted as historical truth that the people who inherit cultural Nagurlah later known as Simalungun culture, then it means that culture Simalungun been tested in this region for about 14 centuries, since it is said Nagur already listed in the Chinese text of the century to-6, still exist and are recorded by Marco Polo (13th century) with the name 'Nagore' or 'Nakur', still exists at the time noted Pinto (16th century) that Nagur request assistance based on the Malacca Portuguese as it gets attack from Aceh, and that Encyclopedi Ned. Indie record Nagur can withstand the invasion of Johor and Siak. When in the late 19th-century Dutch set foot into a populated area heir folk Nagur him, still met the same culture in the seventh kingdom that later called Simeloengoen region, even as the culture of some of the people who spread around Simeloengoen.