Captain of The Arabs (Indonesian: Kapten Arab; Dutch: Kapitein der Arabieren; Arabic: الكابتن العرب‎, translit. al-Kābitin al-'Arab‎) or Head of The Arabs (Dutch: Hoofd der Arabieren; Arabic: القائد العرب ‎, translit. al-Qā'id al-'Arab‎) is a position in the colonial Dutch East Indies appointed with the task of leading the ethnic Arab-Indonesians, who usually lived in concentrated clearly defined-living areas (Kampung Arab). The role was to provide liaison between his community and the government, to provide statistical information to The Dutch East Indies government on issues related to Arabs, to disseminate government regulations and decrees, and to ensure the maintenance of law and order.