Talk:Mardijker people

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I was unable to find any reference to the Mardijker people in the Oxford English Dictionary, Encyclopedia Britannica, Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life, Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World, Oxford Reference Online, ProQuest, Thompson Gale Powersearch, New York Times Historical Backfile.

Seashunt 02:08, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

There is a very quick mention of them in Ricklef's History of Modern Indonesia (p. 85 in the 2nd edition). This book is widely regarded as perhaps the best modern history written about Indonesian. says they were free Portuguese-speaking Indonesian soldiers. Context was the First Java War of Succession (1704 - 1708) Apart from that, you are right, sources are pretty thin. Merbabu 02:21, 7 January 2007 (UTC)