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The Sultanate of Mataram (/ m ə ˈ t ɑːr əm /) was the last major independent Javanese kingdom on the island of Java before it was colonised by the Dutch. It was the dominant political force radiating from the interior of Central Java from the late 16th century until the beginning of the 18th century.
English: The maximum extent of Mataram Sultanate expansions during the reign of Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo (1613-1645). During his reign he expanded the Mataram Sultanate throughout in Central Java, East Java (with exceptions of Blambangan area in extreme East), half of Western Java (except Banten Sultanate area and Batavia Dutch settlement).
The name "Mataram" was originally known in the 8th century as a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom then the name reappeared in the 16th century as one of the Islamic kingdom or known as Mataram Sultanate. As a result, the historiography of this kingdom is referred to as Ancient Mataram to distinguish it from Islamic Mataram. [25]
Map of Java, illustrating Mataram's expansions just before Amangkurat I took the throne in 1646. When Amangkurat I took the throne of Mataram in 1646, the Mataram Sultanate had expanded its control to most of central and eastern Java, as well as to Madura and to a few overseas vassals in southern Sumatra and Borneo—parts of today's Indonesia. [3]
Not until 1755 did Mangkubumi break away from Raden Mas Said and accept a peace offer at Gianti, by which Mataram was divided into two parts. [3] Raden Mas Said signed a treaty with the company in 1757, which entitled him to have a part of eastern Mataram. He was thenceforth known as Mangkunegara I. Map of former sultanate Mataram, 1757.
Dutch–Mataram conflicts, also called Dutch–Mataram wars, were the military and political conflicts between the Mataram Sultanate and the forces of the Dutch East Indies Company in Java. The conflicts were fought between from 1628 to 1757 in Java and at first, this conflict was based on trade competition and over time, it began to reach ...
Mataram Sultanate (c. 1586–1755), a Javanese Islamic kingdom which later was a protectorate of Dutch East Indies; House of Mataram, dynasty or family that occupies the throne of the Mataram Sultanate; Mataram (city), a city on the Indonesian island of Lombok, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara province
Sultan Agung sought to expand Mataram's territory, leading to a conflict with the Hindu kingdom of Blambangan, which had ties to the Balinese kingdom of Gelgel. Though Mataram had some success, the Blambagan's regained independence by 1659 after Mataram's forces withdrew.