Kingdom of Mengwi ᬓᬾᬧᬗᬾᬭᬦ᭄ᬫᬾᬗ᭄ᬯᬶ | |||||||||
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1723–1891 | |||||||||
Anthem: "Negri Bima Sakti" (Bima Sakti land) | |||||||||
Capital | Kawyapura | ||||||||
Common languages | Mengwi Balinese (main) Kawi and Sanskrit (religious) | ||||||||
Religion | Hinduism (Official) | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
I Gusti Agung (monarch title) | |||||||||
• 1723-? | I Gusti Agung Bima Śakti (first) | ||||||||
• 1859–1891 | I Gusti Agung Ngurah Madé Agung III (last) (under Dutch protectorate) | ||||||||
Regent | |||||||||
• 1770/80–1807 | Gusti Ayu Oka Kaba-Kaba[1] | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1723 | ||||||||
• Civil War | 1891 | ||||||||
Currency | Pesbolong | ||||||||
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Today part of | Badung |
The Kingdom of Mengwi was one of the Kingdomship of Bali that was established in the 18th century.[2] The founder of this kingdom was I Gusti Agung Made Agung, with the title I Gusti Agung Bima Sakti (a descendant of I Gusti Agung Maruti, the last king of the Gelgel Kingdom).[3] The Kingdom of Mengwi came to an end after being defeated by its own kin, Badung, and its allies in 1891.[4]