Kyai Gedhe Pamanahan was the first ruler of the

Sultanate of Mataram 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 cent ...

. He is also referred to as Kyai Gedhe Mataram. He was the descendant of Ki Ageng Selo (Sela is a village near present-day Demak). His father, Ki Ageng Ngenis, was a preacher who spread Islam in

Surakarta Surakarta (Javanese script, Javanese: , Pegon script, Pegon: ), known colloquially as Solo (Javanese script, Javanese: ; ), is a major List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in Central Java, Indonesia. The city adjoins Karanganyar Reg ...

. Pamanahan became the war advisor of the king of

Pajang The Kingdom of Pajang or Sultanate of Pajang (; 1568–1586) was a short-lived Muslim state in Java. It was established by Adiwijaya or Jaka Tingkir, Lord of Boyolali, after a civil war and was a successor to Sultanate of Demak. Adiwijaya cla ...

Sultan Hadiwijaya Joko Tingkir, or sometimes written as Jaka Tingkir, is the founder and the first king of the Sultanate of Pajang. He ruled from 1549 to 1582. He is also known by the title of Sultan Adiwijaya. Ancestry Joko was the son of Ki Ageng Pengging, b ...

. After Hadiwijaya won a battle against

Arya Penangsang Arya Penangsang was king of the Sultanate of Demak between 1549 and 1554. In 1521 the husband of Raden Patah's first daughter, Pati Unus attacked the Portuguese in Malacca but died in the war. It is said that Trenggana, the younger brother, ...

with his advice, he gave Pamanahan the land to the south in the Mentaok forest, near modern

, which became the Sultanate of Mataram, with the right of autonomous government.

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