Editing Datuk (section)

== Origin ==
The oldest historical records mentioning about the title ''datuk'' is the 7th century [[Srivijaya]]n inscriptions such as [[Telaga Batu inscription|Telaga Batu]] from [[Palembang]], [[Indonesia]], to describe lesser kings or vassalized kings. It was called ''dātu'' in [[Old Malay language]] to describe regional leader or elder,<ref>Casparis, J.G., (1956), ''Prasasti Indonesia II: Selected Inscriptions from the 7th to the 9th Century A.D.'', Dinas Purbakala Republik Indonesia, Bandung: Masa Baru.</ref>  a kind of [[chieftain]] that rules of a collection of ''[[kampung]]s'' (villages) called [[Kedatuan]]. The Srivijaya empire was described as a network or [[Mandala (Southeast Asian history)|mandala]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=mandal meaning in Hindi {{!}} mandal translation in Hindi |url=https://www.shabdkosh.com/dictionary/hindi-english/mandal/mandal-meaning-in-english |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=SHABDKOSH |language=en}}</ref> that consisted of settlements, villages, and ports each ruled by a datu that vowed their loyalty (''persumpahan'') to the central administration of Srivijayan [[Maharaja]]. Unlike the indianized title of [[raja]] and [[maharaja]], the term datuk was also found in the [[Philippines]] as [[datu]], which suggests its common native [[Austronesian language|Austronesian]] origin. The term ''kadatwan'' or ''kedaton'' refer to the residence of datuk, equivalent with [[keraton]] and [[Palace|istana]]. In later [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] Javanese culture, the term kedaton shifted to refer the inner private compound of the keraton, the residential complex of king and royal family.