The seat of the Minangkabau kings in the West Sumatran highlands, Pagaruyung traced its royal line to Adityawarman (14th c.) and long held a sacral overlordship over the matrilineal Minangkabau world, its authority resting more on prestige and control of the gold trade than direct rule. It collapsed in the Padri War, its palace burned and its last sultan arrested by the Dutch in 1833.
Destroyed in the Padri War; Sultan Tunggul Alam Bagagar was arrested by the Dutch on 2 May 1833, ending the kingdom.
The standard study of the Minangkabau economy and the Padri War that destroyed Pagaruyung (Dobbin's 1977 article on the same theme surfaced in search).