Mataram is a city on the west side of the island of Lombok, Indonesia. It is the capital and largest city of West Nusa Tenggara province.
Three separate cities constitute the Mataram area; from west to east, these are Ampenan, Mataram, and Cakranegara. They are distinct cities, but run together. Broadly, Ampenan is an aging port city, Mataram is the governmental and office center for the province, and Cakranegara is the major commercial center on the island.
Because of Mataram practice, Islam in Java was embraced in a manner syncretic with previous traditions.
Through the Treaty of Giyanti (1755), Mataram was divided into the Sunanate of Surakarta under Pakubuwono I, and the Sultanate of Yogyakarta under Hamengkubuwono I. Later, these two kingdoms would be split again: the court of Mangkunegaran was established in Surakarta in 1757, and Pakualaman was established in Yogyakarta in 1813.
the Kingdom of Mataram, a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom which flourished in the region between 570 and 927 CE the Sultanate of Mataram, an Islamic kingdom based in the region which existed between the 1570s and 1755 approximately with the borders of contemporary Yogyakartan and Surakartan administrative regions.
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