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SEQUEL OP JAVANESE HISTORY. 345 may be said to have influenced the domestic poli- tics of the Javanese ; yet without their interference, the temporary empire of Mataram was about to tumble to pieces in the subsequent reign, through the unsupportable tyranny and misgovernment of the succeeding prince, as we have already seen, —A. S. 1551. (A. D. 16.'9.)— They had made their peace with the Great Sultan, and sent a mis- sion to Mataram, and took some share in the dis- putes of his vicious successor against his subjects ; but it was not until A. S. l60ij, in the reign of the Susuhunan Mangkorat, that they took a great, and finally a leading part in the affairs of Java. When that prince succeeded his father, the coun- try was throughout in a state of anarchy and re- bellion. The Madurese Truna Jaya, aided by a band of fugitives from C^elebes, at first got pos- session of the eastern and central districts, includ- ing the capital ; but, from the latter, he was driven by the younger son of the late Sultan, Pangeran Fugar^ who, taking possession of the seat of go- vernment, set up the standard of independence. The legitimate heir, who took the spiritual distinc- tion of Susunan, called in the Dutch, and a large force under Admiral Speelman having been sent to his assistance, he was, after a tedious struggle, placed upon the throne at Cartasura, the seat of govern- ment having been changed from Mataram. He died in the year A. J. 16;^7, (A. D. 17OS,) after