Bencoolen
| Bencoolen | |
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| Coordinates: | -3.8, 102.25 |
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| Place Name: | Benkulen City |
| State/Province: | Benkulen |
| Country: | Indonesia |
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A settlement originally estalished in 1685 by the East India Company on the south side of the island of Sumatra, following the expulsion of the EIC from Bantam by the Dutch. In 1714, the EIC built Fort Marlborough to protect its interests.
In 1825, the EIC exchanged Benkulen with the Dutch for Malacca which was more strategically useful to the British. Benkulen remained a Dutch possession until after World War 2.
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Bengkulu
Variants: Benkulen, Bencoolen
Records
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. Fort Marlborough [Bencoolen, Sumatra] 1759-1825, British Library reference IOR N/7.
External links
'Benkulen', The British Empire.
'Bengkulu', Wikipedia.
Article in the Asiatic Journal, Volume 13, January-June 1822. A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East India Company’s Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East and of the Causes by which those Endeavours have been Frustrated. Section 1 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Eastern Islands, etc . pages 1-11 Other Sections page 11, [1], [2]
