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Nagari Mataram

Sultanate of Mataram

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The maximum extent of Mataram Sultanate during the

reign of Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo (1613–1645)

Capital Kota Gede (1587–

1613)

Karta (1613–1645)

Plered (1646–

1680)

Kartosuro (1680–

1755)

Languages Javanese

Religion Islam, Kejawen

Government Monarchy

Sultan

• 1587–1601 Senopati

• 1677–1681 Pakubuwono I

History

• Death of Sultan

Prabuwijaya of the

Kingdom of Pajang 1587

• Trunajaya rebellion 28 November 1755

Mataram SultanateFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Sultanate of Mataram /mәˈtɑːrәm/ was the last

major independent Javanese kingdom on Java before the

island was colonised by the Dutch. It was the dominant

political force radiating from the interior Central Javafrom the late 16th century until the beginning of the 18th

century.[1]

Mataram reached its peak of power during the reign of

Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo (r. 1613 - 1645), and

began to decline after his death in 1645. By the mid-18th

century, Mataram lost both power and territory to the

Dutch East India Com pany (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-

Indische Compagnie; VOC ). It had become a vassal state

of the company by 1749.

Contents

1 Etymology

2 Historiography

3 Formation and growth

3.1 Establishment of the kingdom

3.2 The rise of Mataram

4 Golden age

4.1 Surabaya campaign and easternconquests

4.2 Batavia campaign and westernconquests

4.3 Cracking down rebellions and easterncampaign

5 Decline

5.1 Struggles for power

5.2 Amangkurat II and the beginning of foreign involvement

5.3 Wars of succession

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5.4 Court intrigues in 1723–1741

5.5 Chinese War 1741–1743

6 Division of Mataram

7 Culture

8 Javanese kingship

9 List of Sultans of Mataram

10 Legacy

11 See also

12 References

12.1 General

12.2 Notes

Etymology

The name Mataram itself was never the official name of any polity, as Javanese often simply refer to

their kingdom as Bhumi Jawa or Tanah Jawi (land of Java). Mataram refers to the historical areas of

plains south of Mount Merapi around present-day Muntilan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, to Prambanan. More

precisely, it refer to Kota Gede area, the capital of the Sultanate in the outskirt of southern Yogyakarta.

There is a common practice in Java to refer their kingdom by the location of its capital, thus Mataram is

their capital. Historically, there were two kingdoms that have existed in this region and both are called

ataram. The later kingdom however, is often called as Mataram Islam or "Mataram Sultanate" to

distinguish it from the Hindu-Buddhist 9th-century Kingdom of Mataram.

Historiography

The key sources to uncover the history of Mataram Sultanate are local Javanese historical accountscalled Babad , and Dutch accounts of Dutch East India Company (VOC). The problem with traditional

Javanese Babad , are often undated, obscure and incorporates non-historic, mythological and fantastic

elements. Most of this Javanese historical account are used as the tool to legitimise the authority of the

ruler. The example of a mythical element is the sacred bonds between Panembahan Senapati with

mythical Ratu Kidul, the ruler of Java's Southern Seas as his spiritual consort, as claimed in the Babad

Tanah Jawi.[2]

The dates for events before the Siege of Batavia in the reign of Sultan Agung, third king of Mataram, are

difficult to determine. There are several annals used by H.J. de Graaf in his histories such as Babad

Sangkala and Babad Momana which contain list of events and dates in Javanese calendar (A.J., Anno

Javanicus), but besides de Graaf’s questionable practice of simply adding 78 to Javanese years to obtain

corresponding Christian years, the agreement between Javanese sources themselves is less than perfect.

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Senapati assumed royal status by wearing the title "Panembahan" (literally "one who is

worshipped/ sembah"). He revealed the expansive nature of his reign and began the fateful campaign to

the East along the course of Solo River that would bring endless conflicts. In 1586, the wealthy port city

of Surabaya rose against Panembahan Senapati.[3] Senapati however was unable to penetrate Surabayan

defence. He then conquered Madiun in 1590-1 instead, and turned east from Madiun to conquer Kediri

in 1591 and Ponorogo.[4] Perhaps during the same time he also conquered Jipang (present day

Bojonegoro) and Jagaraga (north of present-day Magetan). He reached east as far as Pasuruan, who may

have used his threat to reduce pressure from the then powerful Surabaya. After his campaign in Centraland East Java, Panembahan Senapati turned his attention to the West, as he forced Cirebon and Galuh in

West Java to acknowledge Mataram's overlordship in 1595.[4] His effort to conquer Banten in West Java

in 1597 — witnessed by Dutch sailors — failed, perhaps due to lack of water transport. Later, Demak

and Pati revolted and their forces almost reach the Mataram capital, before Senapati's cavalry manage to

destroy them.[4] Panembahan Senapati died in 1601 and entombed in Kota Gede, he succeed on

establishing a firm foundation of a new state. His successor, Mas Jolang or later known as Panembahan

Seda ing Krapyak (Hanyakrawati), would face further rebellion.[4]

The reign of Panembahan Hanyakrawati (circa 1601–1613), the son of Senapati, was dominated byfurther warfare, especially against powerful Surabaya, already a major centre of power in East Java. He

faced rebellion from his relatives who were installed in the newly conquered Demak (1601–4),

Ponorogo (1607–8) and Kediri (1608). In 1612 Surabaya, again, rose against Mataram, as the response

Hanyakrawati conquered Mojokerto, destroyed Gresik and burned villages around Surabaya. Surabaya

however, was still indomitable.[4]

The first contact between Mataram and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) occurred under

Panembahan Hanyakrawati. Dutch activities at the time were limited to trading from limited coastal

settlements, so their interactions with the inland Mataram kingdom were limited, although they did form

an alliance against Surabaya in 1613. Panembahan Hanyakrawati died accidentally that year when hewas in Krapyak forest, hunting for deer. He was given posthumous title Panembahan Seda ing Krapyak

(His Majesty who Died in Krapyak)

Golden age

Panembahan Hanyakrawati was succeeded by his son, Adipati Martapura. Adipati Martapura however,

has poor health and quickly replaced by his brother, Raden Mas Rangsang in 1613, who assumed the

title Panembahan ing Alaga, and later in 1641 took the title of Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo ("Great

Sultan").[4] Mataram Sultanate under the reign of Sultan Agung is popularly remembered as the apogeeof Mataram's rule on Java, and the golden age of native Javanese power prior to European colonisation

in following century.

Surabaya campaign and eastern conquests

Panembahan ing Alaga was an able military general and also a warlike ambitious leader, and he aspired

to unite Java under Mataram's banner.[5] He responsible for the great expansion and lasting historical

legacy of Mataram due to the extensive military conquests of his long reign from 1613 to 1646. [6] Under

Sultan Agung, Mataram was able to expand its territory to include most of Java after capturing several port cities of northern Java.[1] Surabaya with its strong fortification and surrounded by swamps, was still

the most formidable enemy of Mataram. In 1614, Surabaya forged an alliance with Kediri, Tuban and

Pasuruan, and launched invasion against Mataram. In the following year, Sultan Agung managed to

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Siege of Batavia by Sultan Agung in

1628

repel allied Surabaya forces in Wirasaba (present day Mojoagung, near Mojokerto).[6] He also conquered

Malang, south of Surabaya. In 1616, Surabaya tried to attack Mataram but this army was crushed by

Sultan Agung's forces in Siwalan, Pajang (near Solo). The coastal city of Lasem, near Rembang, was

conquered in 1616 and Pasuruan, southeast of Surabaya, was taken in 1617. Tuban, one of the oldest and

largest port cities on the coast of Java, was taken in 1619.

Surabaya was Mataram's most difficult enemy. Senapati had not strong enough to attack this powerful

city and Hanyakrawati attacked it to no avail. Sultan Agung tried to weakened Surabaya by launching anaval campaign across Java Sea and capturing Sukadana, Surabaya's ally in southwest Kalimantan in

1622, and the island of Madura, another ally of Surabaya, was taken in 1624 after a fierce battle. [6] Soon

Madura's fortifications in Sumenep and Pamekasan fell, Agung installed Adipati of Sampang as the

Adipati of Madura, stylised as Prince Cakraningrat I.[6]

After five years of war, Agung finally conquered Surabaya in 1625. The city was taken not through

outright military invasion, but instead through a siege; Agung installed a tight blockade from the land

and sea, starving Surabaya into submission.[6] With Surabaya brought into the empire, the Mataram

kingdom encompassed all of central and eastern Java, also Madura and Sukadana on southwest

Borneo,[5] except for the west and east end of the island and its mountainous south (except for

Mataram — of course). Sultan Agung consolidated his political unity by forging marriage alliance of his

Adipati to the Princesses of Mataram. Agung himself took the hand of Cirebon Princess as his consort,

in an effort to sealed Cirebon as Mataram's loyal ally.[5] By 1625, Mataram was undisputed ruler of Java.

Such a mighty feat of arms, however, did not deter Mataram's former overlords from rebellion. Pajang

rebelled in 1617, and Pati rebelled in 1627. After the capture of Surabaya in 1625, expansion stopped

while the empire was busied by rebellions.

Batavia campaign and western conquests

In the west, Banten and the Dutch settlement in Batavia remain

outside Agung's control. In his effort to unite Java, he claimed

Mataram as the successor state of Demak and claimed Banten as

Mataram's vassal as well, since Banten was once Demak's vassal.

Banten refused Mataram's claim and remain as an independence

state, and to reach Banten, Dutch Batavia is on Mataram's way.

The foreign rule of the Dutch in Batavia on Java's soil is seen as

a disgrace for Sultan Agung's hegemony.[5] He attempted to seize

Batavia by launched two attacks against the Dutch East IndiaCompany, one in 1628 and the other in 1629.[1]

The first campaign against Batavia in 1628 was failed due to

poor logistics supports for his troops. Learning from the first

mistakes, Sultan Agung established Javanese farming settlements

on West Java north coast, building chains of rice barns to support his troops, and Javanese ships filled

with rice and logistics was sent to sail Java Sea, also to supports the military logistics. Dutch ships and

spies however, manage to locate Mataram's logistics ships and rice barns, and burnt them down.[5] As

the result, large numbers of Mataram troops were starved and left with poor logistics, and Sultan Agung

second invasion to Batavia was also ended in failure.

Cracking down rebellions and eastern campaign

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In 1630, Mataram crushed a rebellion in Tembayat (southeast of Klaten) and in 1631–36, Mataram had

to suppress rebellion of Sumedang and Ukur in West Java. Ricklefs and de Graaf argued that these

rebellions in the later part of Sultan Agung’s reign was mainly due to his inability to capture Batavia in

1628–29, which shattered his reputation of invincibility and inspired Mataram’s vassal to rebel. This

argument seems untenable due to two reason: first, rebellions against Sultan Agung already began as far

back as 1617 and occurred in Pati even during his peak of invincibility after taking Surabaya in 1625.

The second, and more importantly, the military failure to capture Batavia was not seen as political

failure by Javanese point of view. After the failed Batavia campaign, Gresik tried to regain power inEast Java and led a revolt that quickly cracked down completely in 1635. [7]

The sultan also launched a "holy war" against the still-Hindu Blambangan in the extreme eastern Java. [1]

At that time Blambangan kingdom was supported by Kingdom of Gelgel in Bali that treated it as a

buffer against the Islamic expansion of Muslim Mataram. Blambangan surrendered in 1639, but quickly

regained their independence and rejoined Bali soon after the Mataram troops withdrew.[7]

In 1641, Javanese envoys sent by Agung to Arabia has arrived home after obtaining permission to wear

the title "Sultan" from Mecca. Mecca also sent numbers of ulama to Agung's court. His Islamic name

and title gained from Mecca is "Sultan Abdul Muhammad Maulana Matarami".[8]

In 1645 Sultan Agung began building Imogiri, his burial place, about fifteen kilometres south of

Yogyakarta. Imogiri remains the resting place of most of the royalty of Yogyakarta and Surakarta to this

day. Agung died in the spring of 1646, leaving behind an empire that covered most of Java and stretched

to its neighbouring islands.

Decline

Struggles for power

Upon taking the throne, Agung's son Susuhunan Amangkurat I tried to bring long-term stability to

Mataram's realm, by murdering local leaders that were insufficiently deferential to him, including the

still-powerful noble from Surabaya, Pangeran Pekik, his father-in-law, and executed Panembahan

Adiningkusuma (posthumous: Panembahan Girilaya), king of Cirebon, his son in-law. He also had

closing ports and destroying ships in Javanese coastal cities to prevent them from getting too powerful

from their wealth. This action devastated Javanese coastal economy and has crippled Javanese maritime

prowess that has been nurtured since Singhasari and Majapahit era, thus making Mataram mainly as an

agricultural inland kingdom for centuries to come. Because of this deeds, Amangkurat I was notorious as

a ruthless king.[9] Despite his political ruthlessness, unlike his father, Amangkurat I was not an

accomplished military leader and dare not to pursue confrontation against the Dutch, as in 1646 he

signed peace agreement with them.[9] To further his glory, the new king abandoned Karta, Sultan

Agung’s capital, and moved to a grander red-brick palace in Plered (formerly the palace was built of

wood).

By the mid-1670s dissatisfaction with the king was turning into open revolt, beginning from the

recalcitrant Eastern Java and creeping inward. The Crown Prince (future Amangkurat II) felt that his life

was not safe in the court after he took his father’s concubine with the help of his maternal grandfather,

Pangeran Pekik of Surabaya, making Amangkurat I suspicious of a conspiracy among Surabayanfactions to grab power in the capital by using Pekiks’ grandson’s powerful position as the Crown Prince.

He conspired with Panembahan Rama from Kajoran, west of Magelang, who proposed a stratagem in

which the Crown Prince financed Rama’s son-in-law, Trunajaya, to begin a rebellion in the East Java.

Raden Trunajaya, a prince from Arosbaya, Madura, lead a revolt supported by itinerant fighters from

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Sultan Amangkurat II of Mataram (upper right)

watching warlord Untung Surapati fighting Captain

Tack of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). ca

1684 AD.

faraway Makassar led by Kraeng Galesong.[9] The Trunajaya rebellion moved swiftly and strong, and

captured the king's court at Plered in Mataram in mid-1677. The king escaped to the north coast with his

eldest son, the future king Amangkurat II, leaving his younger son Pangeran Puger in Mataram.

Apparently more interested in profit and revenge than in running a struggling empire, the rebel

Trunajaya looted the court and withdrew to his stronghold in Kediri, East Java, leaving Prince Puger in

control of a weak court. Seizing this opportunity, Puger assumed the throne in the ruins of Plered with

the title Susuhanan ing Alaga.

Amangkurat II and the beginning of foreign involvement

On his way to Batavia to ask for Dutch's help,

Amangkurat I died in the village of Tegalarum near

Tegal just after his expulsion, making Amangkurat II

king in 1677.[9] He too was nearly helpless, having

fled without an army nor treasury to build one. In an

attempt to regain his kingdom, he made substantial

concessions to the Dutch East India Company

(VOC), who then went to war to reinstate him. He

promised to give VOC the port town of Semarang if

they lend him some troops.[9] For the Dutch, a stable

Mataram empire that was deeply indebted to them

would help ensure continued trade on favourable

terms. They were willing to lend their military might

to keep the kingdom together.

The multinational Dutch forces, consisting of light-armed troops from Makasar and Ambon, in addition

to heavily equipped European soldiers, first defeated Trunajaya in Kediri in November 1678 andTrunajaya himself was captured in 1679 near Ngantang west of Malang, then in 1681, the alliance of

VOC and Amangkurat II forced Susuhunan ing Alaga (Puger) to relinquish the throne in favour of his

elder brother Amangkurat II. In 1680, Amangkurat II ascends as the king of Mataram by receiving his

crown from the Dutch. As the compensation for Dutch supports, other than Semarang, Mataram has to

hand over Bogor, Karawang and Priangan to VOC.[9] Cirebon too was forced to shift allegiance from

Mataram to the Dutch, and becomes Dutch's protectorate state. Since the fallen Plered was considered

inauspicious, Amangkurat II move the capital to Kartasura in the land of Pajang (northern part of the

stretch of land between Mount Merapi and Mount Lawu, the southern part being Mataram). The Dutch

also erected a fort in Kartasura in an effort to control as well as protect the new capital.[9]

By providing help in regaining his throne, the Dutch brought Amangkurat II under their tight control.

Amangkurat II was apparently unhappy with the situation, especially the increasing Dutch control of the

coast, but he was helpless in the face of a crippling financial debt and the threat of Dutch military power.

The king engaged in a series of intrigues to try to weaken the Dutch position without confronting them

head on; for example, by trying to co-operate with other kingdoms such as Cirebon and Johor and the

court sheltered people wanted by the Dutch for attacking colonial offices or disrupting shipping such as

Untung Surapati. In 1685, Batavia sent Captain Tack, the officer who captured Trunojoyo, to capture

Surapati and negotiate further details into the agreement between VOC and Amangkurat II but the king

arranged a ruse in which he pretended to help Tack. Tack was killed when pursuing Surapati in

Kartasura, then capital of Mataram (present day Kartasura near Solo), but Batavia decided to do nothing

since the situation in Batavia itself was far from stable, such as the insurrection of Captain Jonker, native

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commander of Ambonese settlement in Batavia, in 1689. Mainly due to this incident, by the end of his

reign, Amangkurat II was deeply distrusted by the Dutch, but Batavia were similarly uninterested in

provoking another costly war on Java.

Wars of succession

Amangkurat II died in 1703 and was briefly succeeded by his son, Amangkurat III.[9] However, this time

the Dutch believed they had found a more reliable client, and hence supported his uncle Pangeran Puger,formerly Susuhunan ing Alaga, who had previously been defeated by VOC and Amangkurat II. Before

the Dutch, he accused Amangkurat III of planning an uprising in East Java. Unlike Pangeran Puger,

Amangkurat III inherited blood connection with Surabayan ruler, Jangrana II, from Amangkurat II and

this lent credibility to the allegation that he cooperated with the now powerful Untung Surapati in

Pasuruan. Panembahan Cakraningrat II of Madura, VOC’s most trusted ally, persuaded the Dutch to

support Pangeran Puger. Though Cakraningrat II harboured personal hatred towards Puger, this move is

understandable since alliance between Amangkurat III and his Surabaya relatives and Surapati in Bangil

would be a great threat to Madura’s position, even though Jangrana II’s father was Cakraningrat II’s

son-in-law.

Pangeran Puger took the title of Pakubuwana I upon his accession in June 1704. The conflict between

Amangkurat III and Pakubuwana I, the latter allied with the Dutch, usually termed First Javanese War of

Succession, dragged on for five years before the Dutch managed to install Pakubuwana. In August 1705,

Pakubuwono I’s retainers and VOC forces captured Kartasura without resistance from Amangkurat III,

whose forces cowardly turned back when the enemy reached Ungaran. Surapati’s forces in Bangil, near

Pasuruan, was crushed by the alliance of VOC, Kartasura and Madura in 1706. Jangrana II, who tended

to side with Amangkurat III and did not venture any assistance to the capture of Bangil, was called to

present himself before Pakubuwana I and murdered there by VOC’s request in the same year.

Amangkurat III ran away to Malang with Surapati’s descendants and his remnant forces but Malang was

then a no-man’s-land who offered no glory fit for a king. Therefore, though allied operations to theeastern interior of Java in 1706–08 did not gain much success in military terms, the fallen king

surrendered in 1708 after being lured with the promises of household (lungguh) and land, but he was

banished to Ceylon along with his wives and children. This is the end of Surabayan faction in Mataram,

and – as we shall see later – this situation would ignite the political time bomb planted by Sultan Agung

with his capture of Surabaya in 1625.

With the installation of Pakubuwana, the Dutch substantially increased their control over the interior of

Central Java. Pakubuwana I was more than willing to agree to anything the VOC asked of him. In 1705

he agreed to cede the regions of Cirebon and eastern part of Madura (under Cakraningrat II), in which

Mataram had no real control anyway, to the VOC. The VOC was given Semarang as new headquarters,

the right to build fortresses anywhere in Java, a garrison in the kraton in Kartasura, monopoly over

opium and textiles, and the right to buy as much rice as they wanted. Mataram would pay an annual

tribute of 1300 metric tons of rice. Any debt made before 1705 was cancelled. In 1709, Pakubuwana I

made another agreement with the VOC in which Mataram would pay annual tribute of wood, indigo and

coffee (planted since 1696 by VOC’s request) in addition to rice. These tributes, more than anything

else, made Pakubuwana I the first genuine puppet of the Dutch. On paper, these terms seemed very

advantageous to the Dutch, since the VOC itself was in financial difficulties during the period of 1683–

1710. But the ability of the king to fulfil the terms of agreement depended largely on the stability of

Java, for which VOC has made a guarantee. It turned out later that the VOC’s military might was

incapable of such a huge task.

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The last years of Pakubuwana's reign, from 1717 to 1719, were dominated by rebellion in East Java

against the kingdom and its foreign patrons. The murder of Jangrana II in 1706 incited his three brothers,

regents of Surabaya, Jangrana III, Jayapuspita and Surengrana, to raise a rebellion with the help of

Balinese mercenaries in 1717. Pakubuwana I’s tributes to the VOC secured him a power which was

feared by his subjects in Central Java, but this is for the first time since 1646 that Mataram was ruled by

a king without any eastern connection. Surabaya had no reason to submit any more and thirst for

vengeance made the brother regents openly contest Mataram’s power in Eastern Java. Cakraningkrat III

who ruled Madura after ousting the VOC’s loyal ally Cakraningrat II, had every reason to side with hiscousins this time. The VOC managed to capture Surabaya after a bloody war in 1718 and Madura was

pacified when Cakraningrat III was killed in a fight on board of the VOC’s ship in Surabaya in the same

ear though the Balinese mercenaries plundered eastern Madura and was repulsed by VOC in the same

ear. However, similar to the situation after Trunajaya’s uprising in 1675, the interior regencies in East

Java (Ponorogo, Madiun, Magetan, Jogorogo) joined the rebellion en masse. Pakubuwana I sent his son,

Pangeran Dipanagara (not to be confused with another prince with the same title who fought the Dutch

in 1825–1830) to suppress the rebellion in the eastern interior but instead Dipanagara joined the rebel

and assumed the messianic title of Panembahan Herucakra.

In 1719 Pakubuwana I died and his son Amangkurat IV took the throne in 1719, but his brothers,Pangeran Blitar and Purbaya contested the succession. They attacked the kraton in June 1719. When

they were repulsed by the cannons in VOC’s fort, they retreated south to the land of Mataram. Another

royal brother, Pangeran Arya Mataram, ran to Japara and proclaim himself king, thus began the Second

War of Succession. Before the year ended, Arya Mataram surrendered and was strangled in Japara by

king’s order and Blitar and Purbaya was dislodged from their stronghold in Mataram in November. In

1720, these two princes ran away to the still rebellious interior of East Java. Luckily for VOC and the

oung king, the rebellious regents of Surabaya, Jangrana III and Jayapuspita died in 1718–20 and

Pangeran Blitar died in 1721. In May and June 1723, the remnants of the rebels and their leaders

surrendered, including Surengrana of Surabaya, Pangeran Purbaya and Dipanagara, all of whom were

banished to Ceylon, except Purbaya, who was taken to Batavia to serve as “backup” to replaceAmangkurat IV in case of any disruption in the relationship between the king and VOC since Purbaya

was seen to have equal "legitimacy" by VOC. It is obvious from these two Wars of Succession that even

though VOC was virtually invincible in the field, mere military prowess was not sufficient to pacify

Java.

Court intrigues in 1723–1741

After 1723, the situation seemed to stabilise, much to the delight of the Dutch. Javanese nobility had

learned that the alliance of VOC’s military with any Javanese faction made them nearly invincible. It

seemed that VOC’s plan to reap the profit from a stable Java under a kingdom which was deeplyindebted to VOC would soon be realised. In 1726, Amangkurat IV fell to an illness that resembled

poisoning. His son assumed the throne as Pakubuwana II, this time without any serious resistance from

anybody. The history for the period of 1723 until 1741 was dominated by a series of intrigues which

further showed the fragile nature of Javanese politics, held together by Dutch’s effort. In this relatively

peaceful situation, the king could not gather the support of his "subjects" and instead was swayed by

short-term ends siding with this faction for a moment and then to another. The king never seemed to lack

challenges to his "legitimacy".

The descendants of Amangkurat III, who were allowed to return from Ceylon, and the royal brothers,

especially Pangeran Ngabehi Loring Pasar and the banished Pangeran Arya Mangkunegara, tried to gain

the support of the Dutch by spreading gossips of rebellion against the king and the patih (vizier),

Danureja. At the same time, the patih tried to strengthen his position by installing his relatives and

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Chinese prisoners were executed by

the Dutch in Batavia on 10 October

1740.

clients in the regencies, sometimes without king’s consent, at the expense of other nobles’ interests,

including the powerful queens dowager, Ratu Amangkurat (Amangkurat IV’s wife) and Ratu

Pakubuwana (Pakubuwana I’s wife), much to the confusion of the Dutch.

The king tried to break the dominance of this Danureja by asking the help of the Dutch to banish him,

but Danureja’s successor, Natakusuma, was influenced heavily by the Queen’s brother, Arya Purbaya,

son of the rebel Pangeran Purbaya, who was also Natakusuma’s brother-in-law. Arya Purbaya’s erratic

behaviour in court, his alleged homosexuality which was abhorred by the pious king and rumours of his

planning a rebellion against the “heathen” (the Dutch) caused unrest in Kartasura and hatred from the

nobles. After his sister, the Queen, died of miscarriage in 1738, the king asked the Dutch to banish him,

to which the Dutch complied gladly. Despite these faction strruggles, the situation in general did not

show any signs of developing into full-scale war. Eastern Java was quiet: though Cakraningrat IV

refused to pay homage to the court with various excuses, Madura was held under firm control by VOC

and Surabaya did not stir. But dark clouds were forming. This time, the explosion came from the west:

Batavia itself.

Chinese War 1741–1743

In the meantime, the Dutch were contending with other

problems. The excessive use of land for sugar cane plantation in

the interior of West Java reduced the flow of water in Ciliwung

River (which flows through the city of Batavia) and made the

city canals an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes, resulting in

a series of malaria outbreaks in 1733–1795. This was aggravated

by the fall of sugar price in European market, bringing

bankruptcy to sugar factories in the areas around Batavia (the

Ommelanden), which were mostly operated by Chinese labour.

The unrest prompted VOC authorities to reduce the number of unlicensed Chinese settlers, who had been smuggled into Batavia

by Chinese sugar factory owners. These labourers were loaded

onto ships out of Batavia but the rumour that these people were

thrown into the sea as soon as the ship was beyond the horizon

caused panic among the remaining Chinese. On 7 October 1740,

several Chinese mobs attacked Europeans outside the city and

incited the Dutch to order a massacre two days later. The Chinese

settlement in Batavia was looted for several days, in which

10,000 Chinese were killed. The Chinese ran away and captured Bekasi, which was dislodged by VOC

in June 1741.

In 1741, Chinese rebels were present in Central Java, particularly around Tanjung (Welahan), Pati,

Grobogan, and Kaliwungu. In May 1741 Juwana was captured by the Chinese. The Javanese at first

sided with the Dutch and reinforced Demak on 10 June 1741. Two days later, a detachment of Javanese

forces together with VOC forces of European, Balinese and Buginese in Semarang to defend Tugu, west

of Semarang. The Chinese rebel lured them into their main forces’s position in Mount Bergota through

narrow road and ambushed them. The allied forces were dispersed and ran as fast as they could back to

Semarang. The Chinese pursued them but were repulsed by Dutch cannons in the fortress. Semarang

was seized by panic. By July 1741, the Chinese occupied Kaligawe, south of Semarang, Rembang, and

besieged Jepara. This is the most dangerous time for VOC. Military superiority would enable VOC to

hold Semarang without any support from Mataram forces, but it would mean nothing since a turbulent

interior would disrupt trade and therefore profit, VOC’s main objective. One VOC high official,

Abraham Roos, suggested that VOC assumed royal function in Java by denying Pakubuwana II’s

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“legitimacy” and asking the regents to take an oath of loyalty to VOC’s sovereignty. This was turned

down by the Council of Indies (Raad van Indie) in Batavia, since even if VOC managed to conquer the

coast, it would not be strong enough to conquer the mountainous interior of Java, which do not provide

much level plain required by Western method of warfare. Therefore, the Dutch East India Company

must support its superior but inadequate military by picking the right allies. One such ally had presented

itself, that is Cakraningkrat IV of Madura who could be relied on to gold the eastern coast against the

Chinese, but the interior of Eastern and Central Java was beyond the reach of this quarrelsome prince.

Therefore, VOC had no choice but to side with Pakubuwana II.

VOC’s dire situation after the Battle of Tugu in July 1741 did not escape the king’s attention, but – like

Amangkurat II – he avoided any open breach with VOC since his own kraton was not lacking of factions

against him. He ordered Patih Natakusuma to do all the dirty work, such as ordering the Arch-Regent

(Adipati) of Jipang (Bojonegoro), one Tumenggung Mataun, to join the Chinese. In September 1741, the

king ordered Patih Natakusuma and several regents to help the Chinese besiege Semarang and let

Natakusuma attack VOC garrison in Kartasura, who were starved into submission in August. However,

reinforcement from VOC’s posts in Outer Islands were arriving since August and they were all wisely

concentrated to repel the Chinese around Semarang. In the beginning of November, the Dutch attacked

Kaligawe, Torbaya around Semarang, and repulsed the alliance of Javanese and Chinese forces whowere stationed in four separate fortress and did not co-ordinate with each other. At the end of November,

Cakraningrat IV had controlled the stretch of east coast from Tuban to Sedayu and the Dutch relieved

Tegal of Chinese rebels. This caused Pakubuwana II to change sides and open negotiations with the

Dutch.

In the next year 1742, the alliance of Javanese and Chinese let Semarang alone and captured Kudus and

Pati in February. In March, Pakubuwana II sent a messenger to negotiate with the Dutch in Semarang

and offered them absolute control over all northern coasts of Java and the privilege to appoint patih.

VOC promptly sent van Hohendorff with a small force to observe the situation in Kartasura. Things

began to get worse for Pakubuwana II. In April, the rebels set up Raden Mas Garendi, a descendant of Amangkurat III, as king with the title of Sunan Kuning.

In May, the Dutch agreed to support Pakubuwana II after considering that after all, the regencies in

eastern interior were still loyal to this weak king but the Javano-Chinese rebel alliance had occupied the

only road from Semarang to Kartasura and captured Salatiga. The princes in Mataram tried to attack the

Javano-Chinese alliance but they were repulsed. On 30 June 1742, the rebels captured Kartasura and van

Hohendorff had to run away from a hole in kraton wall with the helpless Pakubuwana II on his back.

The Dutch, however, ignored Kartasura’s fate in rebel hands and concentrated its forces under Captain

Gerrit mother and Nathaniel Steinmets to repulse the rebels around Demak, Welahan, Jepara, Kudus and

Rembang. By October 1742, the northern coast of Central Java was cleaned of the rebels, who seemed todisperse into the traditional rebel hideout in Malang to the east and the Dutch forces returned to

Semarang in November. Cakraningrat IV, who wished to free the eastern coast of Java from Mataram

influence, could not deter the Dutch from supporting Pakubuwana II but he managed to capture and

plunder Kartasura in November 1742. In December 1742, VOC negotiated with Cakraningrat and

managed to persuade him to relieve Kartasura of Madurese and Balinese troops under his pay. The

treasures, however, remained in Cakraningrat’s hand.

The reinstatement of Pakubuwana II in Kartasura on 14 December 1742 marked the end of the Chinese

war. It showed who was in control of the situation. Accordingly, Sunan Kuning surrendered in October

1743, followed by other rebel leaders. In the mid-18th century, Mataram lost much of their lands, by1743 Mataram only consists of areas around Surakarta, Yogyakarta, Kedu and Bagelen.[10] Cakraningrat

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The divided Mataram in 1830, after the Java War.

descendants of Untung Surapati, and hired more Balinese mercenaries. He stopped paying tribute to

VOC in 1744, and after a failed attempt to negotiate, the Dutch attacked Madura in 1745 and ousted

Cakraningrat, who was banished to the Cape in 1746.

Division of Mataram

The fall of Kartasura made the palace

inauspicious for the king and Pakubuwana II builta new kraton in Surakarta or Solo and moved

there in 1746. However, Pakubuwana II was far

from secure in this throne. Raden Mas Said, or

Pangeran Sambernyawa (meaning "Soul

Reaper"), son of banished Arya Mangkunegara,

who later would establish the princely house of

Mangkunagara in Solo, and several other princes

of the royal blood still maintained rebellion.

Pakubuwana II declared that anyone who can

suppress the rebellion in Sukawati, areas around

present day Sragen, would be rewarded with

3000 households. Pangeran Mangkubumi,

Pakuwana II’s brother, who would later establish

the royal house of Yogyakarta took the challenge

and defeated Mas Said in 1746. But when he

claimed his prize, his old enemy, patih

Pringgalaya, advised the king against it. In the

middle of this problem, VOC’s Governor

General, van Imhoff, paid a visit to the kraton, the first one to do so during the whole history of therelation between Mataram and VOC, to confirm the de facto Dutch possession of coastal and several

interior regions. Pakubuwana II hesitantly accepted the cession in lieu of 20,000 real per year.

Mangkubumi was dissatisfied with his brother’s decision to yield to van Imhoff’s insistence, which was

made without consulting the other members of royal family and great nobles. van Imhoff had neither

experience nor tactfulness to understand the delicate situation in Mataram and he rebuked Mangkubumi

as “too ambitious” before the whole court when Mangkubumi claimed the 3000 households. This

shameful treatment from a foreigner who had wrested the most prosperous lands of Mataram from his

weak brother led him to raise his followers into rebellion in May 1746, this time with the help of Mas

Said.

In the midst of Mangkubumi rebellion in 1749, Pakubuwana II fell ill and called van Hohendorff, his

trusted friend who saved his life during the fall of Kartasura in 1742. He asked Hohendorff to assume

control over the kingdom. Hohendorff was naturally surprised and refused, thinking that he would be

made king of Mataram, but when the king insisted on it, he asked his sick friend to confirm it in writing.

On 11 December 1749, Pakubuwana II signed an agreement in which the "sovereignty" of Mataram was

given to VOC.

On 15 December 1749, Hohendorff announced the accession of Pakubuwana II’s son as the new king of

Mataram with the title Pakubuwana III. However, three days earlier, Mangkubumi in his stronghold in

Yogyakarta also announced his accession with the title Mangkubumi, with Mas Said as his patih. Thisrebellion got stronger day by day and even in 1753 the Crown Prince of Surakarta joined the rebels.

VOC decided that it did have not the military capability to suppress this rebellion, though in 1752, Mas

Said broke away from Hamengkubuwana. By 1754, all parties were tired of war and ready to negotiate.

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Serimpi dance, many of traditional

Javanese courtly artforms and dances

found today in Keratons, were

developed during Mataram era.

The kingdom of Mataram was divided in 1755 under an agreement signed in Giyanti between the Dutch

under the Governor General Nicolaas Hartingh and rebellious prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divided

nominal control over central Java between Yogyakarta Sultanate, under Mangkubumi, and Surakarta,

under Pakubuwana.[10] Mas Said, however, proved to be stronger than the combined forces of Solo,

Yogya and VOC. In 1756, he even almost captured Yogyakarta, but he realised that he could not defeat

the three powers all by himself. In February 1757 he surrendered to Pakubuwana III and was given 4000

households, all taken from Pakubuwana III’s own lungguh, and a parcel of land near Solo, the present

day Mangkunegaran Palace, and the title of "Pangeran Arya Adipati Mangkunegara". This settlement proved successful in that political struggle was again confined to palace or inter-palace intrigues and

peace was maintained until 1812.

Culture

Despite being an Islamic Sultanate, Mataram had never adopted

Islamic culture, systems and institutions thoroughly. Its political

system was more like a syncretism of earlier Javanese Hindu

civilisation merged with Islamic elements. The major formationtook place during Sultan Agung's reign as he adapted Islam to the

Hindu-Javanese tradition and introduced a new calendar in 1633

based on Islamic and Javanese practice. The arts during Sultan

Agung's reign were a mixture of Islamic and Hindu-Javanese

elements.[1] The mainstream belief system was the Kejawen

tradition, while the Islamic beliefs was held by a handful of kiyai

or ulama religious elite clustering around Kauman area near

court's mosque. The Javanese court ceremonies, culture and

rituals of Mataram still bears Hindu-Buddhist elements. Javanese

cultural elements, such as gamelan, batik, kris, wayang kulit andJavanese dance were formulated, codified and took its present form during this period, and inherited by

its successors, the courts of Surakarta and Yogyakarta, and the princedom of Mangkunegaran and

Pakualaman.

Javanese kingship

Javanese kingship varies from Western kingship, which is essentially based on the idea of legitimacy

from the people (Democracy), or from God (divine authority), or both. The Javanese language does not

include words with these meanings. The concept of the Javanese kingdom is a mandala, or a centre of the world, in the sense of both a central location and a central being, focused on the person of the king

(variously called Sri Bupati, Sri Narendra, Sang Aji, Prabu). The king is regarded as a semi-divine

being, a union of divine and human aspects (binathara, the passive form of “bathara”, god). Javanese

kingship is a matter of royal-divine presence, not a specific territory or population. People may come

and go without interrupting the identity of a kingdom which lies in the succession of semi-divine kings.

Power, including royal power is not qualitatively different from the power of dukuns or shamans, but it

is much stronger. Javanese kingship is not based on the legitimacy of a single individual, since anyone

can contest power by tapa or asceticism, and many did contest the kings of Mataram.

List of Sultans of Mataram

Mataram was divided in 1755, and the succeeding rulers of the new sultanates are not generally

considered as Sultans of Mataram.

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1. Panembahan Senopati (Panembahan Senopati ing Alaga Sayidin Panatagama Khalifatullah TanahJawa) : 1587-1601

2. Raden Mas Jolang (Sri Susuhunan Adi Prabu Hanyakrawati Senapati-ing-Ngalaga Mataram) :1601-1613

3. Raden Mas Jatmika / Sultan Agung (Sultan Agung Senapati-ing-Ngalaga Abdurrahman) : 1613-1645)

4. Raden Mas Sayidin / Amangkurat I (Kanjeng Susuhunan Prabu Amangkurat Agung) : 1646-16775. Amangkurat II : 1677-1703

6. Amangkurat III : 1703-17047. Pangeran Puger / Pakubuwono I : 1704-17198. Amangkurat IV : 1719-17269. Pakubuwono II : 1726-1749

Legacy

Mataram Sultanate was the last major native polity in Java prior the kingdom broke into of courts of

Surakarta and Yogyakarta, and the princedom of Mangkunegaran and Pakualaman, and prior the island

was completely ruled by the Dutch. For some Central Javanese, especially those hailed from Yogyakartaand Surakarta city, the Mataram Sultanate, especially Sultan Agung's era, was remembered with pride as

a glorious past, as Mataram become the regional hegemon after Majapahit, almost completely unified

Java island, and almost succeed to drive the Dutch out of Java. However, for those of former Mataram's

rivals or vassals; East Javanese Surabayan, Madurese and Blambangan, also Priangan and Cirebon of

West Java, Mataram era is remembered as the era of Central Javanese overlordship over them, marked

with authoritarianism and arbitrariness of feudal Javanese regime. In the future this would led to

interregional Madura - Central Java animosity.[11] Also to some degree, Priangan - Mataraman rivalry.

Within Mataraman realm, the disintegration of Mataram Sultanate into several competing keratons , also

would led to Surakarta - Yogyakarta rivalry.

In art and culture, the Mataram Sultanate has left an everlasting mark in Javanese culture, as many of

Javanese cultural elements, such as gamelan, batik, kris, wayang kulit and Javanese dance were

formulated, codified and took its present form during this period, inherited and preserved diligently by

its successor keratons. During the height of Mataram Sultanate in the first half of the 17th century,

Javanese culture expanded, much of Western and East Java region are being Javanized. Mataram's

campaign on Eastern Javanese principalities such as Surabaya and Pasuruan expanded Mataraman

influences on Java. Mataram expansion includes Sundanese principalities of Priangan highlands; from

Galuh Ciamis, Sumedang, Bandung and Cianjur. It was during this period that Sundanese people were

exposed and assimilated further into Javanese Kejawen culture. Wayang Golek are Sundanese taking on

Javanese Wayang Kulit culture, similar shared culture such as gamelan and batik also flourished. It is probably during this times that Sundanese language began to adopt the stratified degree of term and

vocabulary to denote politeness, as reflected in Javanese language. In addition, Javanese scripts also

used to write Sundanese as cacarakan.

In political aspect, the incessant war of succession, treason, rebellion and court intrigue of Javanese

Mataram keraton during the last period of its history, has made Mataram being remembered in quite

unflattering way. Combined with Javanese behaviour, such as obsession with elegance and refinements

(Javanese: alus), subtleness, politeness, courtesy, indirectness, emotional restraint and consciousness to

one's social stature, has made Mataram politics quite complicated, intricate and deceitful. As the result

the negative aspects of Javanisation of contemporary Indonesian politics, such as dishonesty, deceptive,

treacherousness, rigidity of social hierarchy, authoritarianism and arbitrariness, accompanied by

fondness of status display and arrogance, is often attributed to and called as "Mataramization".[12] A

typical negative description of priyayi behaving like the member of Javanese upper class.

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See also

List of Sunni Muslim dynastiesList of monarchs of Java

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1. "Mataram, Historical kingdom, Indonesia". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

2. Babad Tanah Jawi by Dr. J.J. Ras - ISBN 90-6765-218-0 (34:100 - 36:1)

3. Soekmono. Pengantar Sejarah Kebudayaan Indonesia 3. Kanisius. p. 55.







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