![]() ![]() An 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. ![]() ![]() The problems with traditional Javanese Babad, are that they are often undated, obscure and incorporate non-historic, mythological and fantastic elements because these Javanese historical accounts were used as a tool to legitimize the authority of the ruler. The key sources to uncover the history of Mataram Sultanate are local Javanese historical accounts called Babad, and Dutch accounts by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The later kingdom, however, is often called Mataram Islam or "Mataram Sultanate" to distinguish it from the Hindu-Buddhist 9th-century Kingdom of Mataram. Historically, there were two kingdoms that have existed in this region and both are called Mataram. More precisely, it refers to the Kota Gede area, the capital of the Sultanate on the outskirts of southern Yogyakarta.Ī common practice in Java is to refer to their kingdom by metonymy, specifically by the location of its capital. Mataram refers to the historical areas of plains south of Mount Merapi around present-day Muntilan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, and Prambanan. The name Mataram itself was never the official name of any polity, as the Javanese often refer to their realm simply as Bhumi Jawa or Tanah Jawi ("Land of Java").
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