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Tirtayasa (1631–1695), complete stylized name Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, also known as Ageng and Abulfatah Agung, [1] was the sixth sultan of Banten (on Java in modern Indonesia) and reigned during the kingdom's golden age.
Sultan Maulana Yusuf or Prince Pasareyan 1570–1585; Sultan Maulana Muhammad or Prince Sedangrana 1585–1596; Sultan Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir or Pangeran Ratu 1596–1647; Sultan Abu al-Ma'ali Ahmad 1647–1651; Sultan Abu al-Fath Abdul Fattah or Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa 1651–1683; Sultan Abu Nashar Abdul Qahar or Sultan Haji 1683–1687
Ma'ali's son, Prince Surya, the future Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, was chosen to be his successor. A year later in 1651, old Sultan Abu al-Mufakhir died, thus at the age of 25, Sultan Ageng replacing his grandfather and rose to become the sole sovereign of Banten.
This is a partial list of the identified hereditary rulers on the Indonesian island Java, and the adjacent island Madura.. Included are some states and rulers whose existence remain open to conjecture, due to inadequate historical evidence, while others are historically verifiable.
Wangsakerta went to Banten to seek Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa's help to free his brothers. The sultan was the son of Prince Abu Maali that had died in the 1650 war with Cirebon. Tirtayasa agreed to assist Cirebon and saw it as an opportunity to improve diplomatic relations between Banten and Cirebon.
National Hero of Indonesia (Indonesian: Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia) is the highest-level title awarded in Indonesia. [1] It is posthumously given by the Government of Indonesia for actions which are deemed to be heroic, defined as "actual deeds which can be remembered and exemplified for all time by other citizens" [a] or "extraordinary service furthering the interests of the state and people".
The VOC even called them the "old Sultan" and "young Sultan," respectively. Haji's faction was in favor of a stronger relationship with the VOC in nearby Batavia, while Ageng was a firm opponent of such a relationship. Haji's faction gained the upper hand in May 1680, just as Ageng had Batavia surrounded and was declaring war on the Dutch.
Sultan Agung is revered in contemporary Java for his unification of Java, modernizing reforms, as well as his wars with the Dutch. In 1975, he was nominated and confirmed as a National Hero of Indonesia (Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia). His existence within a cultural framework where myth and magic are intertwined and the scarcity of verifiable ...