Mataram Sultanate

Overview

The Sultanate of Mataram 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.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
• DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
• SNAPSHOT1640
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire9

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Trunajaya rebellion1674–81
  World-changing
• Mataram attack on Batavia1628–29
  Major conflict
• Third Javanese War of Succession1749–57
  Major conflict
• Mataram conquest of Surabaya1620–25
  Significant
• Trunajaya's Pasisir offensive1676–77
  Significant
• Untung Surapati's insurgency1684–1706
  Significant
• First Javanese War of Succession1704–08
  Significant
• Second Javanese War of Succession1719–23
  Significant
• Java War (1741–1743)1741–43
  Significant