Banten Sultanate

The **Banten Sultanate** (,  ) Was the Bantenese-Islamic kingdom that established in 1526, before the formation the places still remain on Sunda Kingdom territory. The region was an conquered state of Cirebon Sultanate during their military operation on Banten Girang around 1526 under the leadership of Maulana Hasanudin,before the operations the Cirebon-Demak forces was already conquered Sunda Kelapa in one years later.

The formation of Banten Sultanate was going during the weakned of Sunda Kingdom influences and when many Bantenese people were converted to Islam, the Banten Sultanate was established in 1526. Sunan Gunung Jati (as the ruler of Islamic Sultanate in Java) appointed Maulana Hasanudin as the first Sultan of his kingdom,under the rule of Maulana Hasanudin Banten Sultanate become the new diplomacy and trading centre in Nusantara.

Under the command and leadership of Maulana Hasanudin he later launched the Invasion around Pajajaran in 1527 during the invasions the Bantenese forces conducting the scroched earth around royal palace of Pajajaran,resulting in many of the royal family or civilians died and captured by Bantenese forces.

During 16th centuries the Banten Sultanate expanding their territories after the military campaign at Pajajaran,the Sultanate immediately launching an military expansion around Lampung and Palembang, although the campaign at Palembang was considered as failure the Sultanate succesfully occupy Lampung and cut off the Aceh Sultanate supplies.

## Infobox (former country)

- **conventional long name**: Banten Sultanate
- **common name**: Banten
- **native name**:

- **image flag**: Flag of the Sultanate of Banten.svg
- **image coat**: Banten Sultanate Emblem, 2016.png
- **image map**: Banten Sultanate en.svg
- **capital**: Old Banten
- **religion**: Islam
- **government type**: Sultanate
- **year end**: 1813
- **year start**: 1526
- **flag size**: 106px
- **coa size**: 88px
- **image map caption**: Rough extent of the Sultanate of Banten at the death of Maulana Hasanuddin of Banten, Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin in 1570, controlling both sides of the Sunda Strait
- **title leader**: List of Sultans of Banten, Sultan
- **year leader1**: 1552–1570
- **leader1**: Maulana Hasanuddin of Banten, Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin
- **year leader2**: 1651–1683
- **leader2**: Ageng Tirtayasa of Banten, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa
- **year leader3**: 1809–1813
- **leader3**: Maulana Muhammad Shafiuddin of Banten, Sultan Maulana Muhammad Shafiuddin
- **year leader4**: 2016–now
- **leader4**: Syarif Muhammad ash-Shafiuddin of Banten, Sultan Syarif Muhammad ash-Shafiuddin
- **event start**: Sunan Gunungjati, Syarif Hidayatullah conquered Banten
- **event1**: Conquest of Sunda Kelapa, Conquest of the Sunda Kingdom
- **date event1**: 1527
- **event2**: Independence from Cirebon Sultanate
- **date event2**: 1552
- **event3**: Fall of Jayakarta
- **date event3**: 1619
- **event4**: Client state of Dutch East India Company, VOC
- **date event4**: 1683
- **event5**: Annexed by the First French Empire, French Empire
- **date event5**: 1808
- **event end**: Annexed by the
- **stat year1**: 1696 est.
- **stat pop1**: 191000
- **p1**: Sunda Kingdom
- **s1**: Bantam Residency
- **flag p2**: COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Katoenen banier met Arabische kalligrafie TMnr 5663-1.svg
- **p2**: Cirebon Sultanate
- **p3**: Demak Sultanate
- **flag s1**: Flag of the Netherlands.svg
- **flag s2**: British East India Company flag.svg
- **s2**: Bantam Presidency
- **flag s3**: Maritime flag of Batavia.svg
- **s3**: Batavia, Dutch East IndiesBatavia
- **today**: Indonesia