185

The Sultans of Jogjakarta

1168–1368/1755–1949

South-central Java

1168/1755

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana I, Swarga

1206/1792

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana II, Sepuh, first reign

1225/1810

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana III, Rājā, first reign

1226/1811

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana II, Sepuh, second reign

1227/1812

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana III, Rājā, second reign

1229/1814

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana IV, Seda Pesiyar

1237/1822

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana V, Menol, first reign

1241/1826

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana II, Sepuh, third reign

1243/1828

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana V, Menol, second reign

1271/1855

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana VI, Mangkubumi

1294/1877

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana VII, Angabehi

1339/1921

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana VIII

1358–1408/1939–88

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana IX

1368/1949

Republic of Indonesia proclaimed

1408–/1988–

Abdurrahman Mangkubuwana or Hămengkubuwana X

The sultanate of Jogjakarta arose out of the partition of Mataram in 1168/1755 (see above, nos 183, 184). Relations with the sister state of Surakarta were at times strained, with the respective rulers endeavouring on occasion to use the Dutch and, in the early nineteenth century, the British, as their allies. Leadership in the Javanese War of 1825–30 came from a prince of the royal house of Jogjakarta, Dipanagara, who himself claimed the title of sultan and protector of Islam. Like its sister state, the sultanate of Jogjakarta has endured until the present day and the constituting of the Republic of Indonesia. Sultan Mangkubuwana IX played a role in resistance to the Dutch attempts at reimposing their colonial rule after the Second World War and was a member of the first Indonesian cabinet after independence; his son Mangkubuwana X has succeeded him, retaining his social position in Jogjakarta at the present time.

EI1 ‘Djokyakarta’ (A. W. Nieuwenhuis).

Jan M. Pluvier, A Handbook and Chart of South-East Asian History, 29, 31.

D. G. E. Hall, A History of South-East Asia, 4th edn, 502ff., with a genealogical table at p. 973.

M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1300, 2nd edn, 95–104, 109–18.

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