Han Chan Piet
| Majoor Han Chan Piet | |
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| Kapitein der Chinezen of Surabaya | |
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In office 1778–1810 |
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| Preceded by | Kapitein Han Bwee Kong |
| Succeeded by | unknown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1759 Surabaya, East Java |
| Died | 1827 Surabaya, East Java |
| Relations |
Han Siong Kong (grandfather) |
| Children |
Han Kok Tie, Luitenant der Chinezen |
| Father | Han Bwee Kong, Kapitein der Chinezen |
| Residence | Surabaya, East Java |
| Occupation | Majoor der Chinezen, landlord |
Han Siong Kong (grandfather)
Han Kik Ko, Majoor der Chinezen (brother)
Ngabehi Soero Pernollo (uncle)
Han Kok Tie, Luitenant der Chinezen
Han Chan Piet, Majoor der Chinezen (1759 – 1827), also spelt Han Tjan Piet or Han Tian Pit, was a Peranakan Chinese magnate, government official and landlord in East Java. He is best remembered for having bought the districts of Besuki and Panarukan in 1810 from the colonial government.
Han Chan Piet was born in 1759 in Surabaya, the third of twelve sons, to Han Bwee Kong (1727 – 1778), and was as such a grandson of the Chinese-born migrant Han Siong Kong (1672 – 1743), founder of the powerful Han family of Lasem. His father, Han Bwee Kong, held the civil government position of Kapitein der Chinezen, which gave him legal and political authority over the Chinese community of Surabaya as part of the Dutch colonial policy of Indirect Rule. The Kapitein was also Pachter, or leaseholder, of the districts of Besuki (from 1768) and Panarukan (from 1777).
Other prominent members of his family include his younger brother, Han Kik Ko, Majoor der Chinezen (1766 – 1813); his uncle, the Muslim convert and Javanese magnate Ngabehi Soero Pernollo (1720 – 1776); and his cousins, the Javanese noblemen and bureaucrats Adipati Soero Adinegoro (1752 – 1833) and Raden Soero Adiwikromo. His family played an important role in the consolidation of Dutch rule, as well as the subsequent administration and economic development, of East Java.
Han Chan Piet was first appointed to the colonial bureaucracy when he was made his father’s deputy in Surabaya, at an unknown date, with the title of Luitenant der Chinezen. The Luitenant succeeded his father on the latter's death in 1778 as both Kapitein der Chinezen of Surabaya and Pachter of the districts of Besuki and Panarukan. In 1796, the Dutch East India Company further granted the Kapitein exclusive rights to the two districts for life.
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